Imperial Bedlam

Institutions Of Madness In Colonial Southwest Nigeria

by Jonathan Sadowsky
language: english
Publisher: University of California Press, September of 1999 ‧
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A study that examines writings by African patients in asylums and the reports of officials, doctors, and others to discuss the meaning of madness in Nigeria, the development of colonial psychiatry, and the connections between them. It shows how contradictions inherent in colonialism were articulated in both asylum policy and psychiatric theory.

Imperial Bedlam

Institutions Of Madness In Colonial Southwest Nigeria

by Jonathan Sadowsky

Property Description
ISBN: 9780520216174
Publisher: University of California Press
Release Date: September of 1999
Language: English
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 12 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 180
Format: Book
Collection: Medicine And Society
Categories: Books in English > History > History of Africa
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780520216174

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