Insanity, race and colonialism : managing mental disorder in the post-emancipation British Caribbean, 1838-1914 /
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| Author / Creator: | Smith, Leonard D., 1947- author. |
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| Imprint: | Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. |
| Description: | ix, 285 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10094407 |
| Summary: | Despite emancipation from the evils of enslavement in 1838, most people of African origin in the British West Indian colonies continued to suffer serious material deprivation and racial oppression. This book examines the management and treatment of those who became insane, in the period until the Great War. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 285 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 1137028629 9781137028624 |
