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 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Caribbean Institutions in Context
- The rise of the public asylum in England
- An empire of asylums
- Islands of dislocation and despair
- Conclusions
- 2. The Early Lunatic Asylums
- Antecedents
- Madness in jail
- Troubled beginnings
- Conclusions
- 3. Scandal in Jamaica - The Kingston Lunatic Asylum
- Looming problems
- Four years of turmoil
- A degraded institution
- A racial dimension?
- Aftermath
- Observations
- 4. Reform - The Jamaica Lunatic Asylum
- Birth pains
- The model institution
- Decline and stagnation
- Conclusion: Fluctuating fortunes
- 5. Colonial Asylums in Transition
- British Guiana - A glimpse of the vision
- Trinidad -- Toward the grand design
- Barbados - A slow walk to Jenkinsville
- Small islands, small aspirations
- Conclusion: Contrasting experiences
- 6. Pathways to the Asylum
- Background circumstances
- Precipitants
- Becoming a patient
- Conclusion: Benevolent intervention or social control?
- 7. The Patient Challenge
- Of class, colour and race
- Categorisations and presentations
- Protest and confrontation
- Conclusions
- 8. The Colonial Asylum Regime
- The moral management system - civilising the lunatics
- Medical interventions
- Attendants and nurses
- Conclusion: Unfulfilled ambitions
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
