Lunatic Asylums in Colonial Bombay Shackled Bodies, Unchained Minds /

This book traces the historical roots of the problems in India's mental health care system. It accounts for indigenous experiences of the lunatic asylum in the Bombay Presidency (1793-1921). The book argues that the colonial lunatic asylum failed to assimilate into Indian society and therefore...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Pinto, Sarah Ann (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:	1st ed. 2018.
Series:	Mental Health in Historical Perspective
Subjects:	Social history. Asia-History. Imperialism. Medicine-History.
ISBN:	9783319942445
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