Title Curing madness? : a social and cultural history of insanity in colonial north India, 1800-1950s / Shilpi Rajpal

Edition First edition Published New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (316 pages) : illustrations (black and white) Summary This text focuses on the institutional and non-institutional histories of madness in colonial north India. It proves that 'madness' and its 'cure' are shifting categories which assumed new meanings and significance as knowledge travelled across cultural, medical, national, and regional boundaries Notes This edition also issued in print: 2020 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Audience Specialized Subject Mental illness -- Treatment -- India, North -- History -- 19th century Mental illness -- Treatment -- India, North -- History -- 20th century Mentally ill -- Care -- India, North -- History -- 19th century Mentally ill -- Care -- India, North -- History -- 20th century Mental illness -- Treatment Mentally ill -- Care North India Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780190993337 0190993332

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