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‘Mad Tales from the Raj’ is an authoritative assessment of western psychiatry within the context of British colonialism. This revised version provides a comprehensive study of official attitudes and practices in relation to both Indian and European patients during the dominance of the British East India Company. It is fascinating reading not only to students of colonial history, medical sociology and related disciplines, but to all those with a general interest in life in the colonies.
'This short book on European insanity and its treatment in the British Raj is a welcome addition to the growing corpus of writing on the encounter between Western medicine and indigenous societies.' —'Social History of Medicine'
List of Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1: Colonizing the Mind Introduction: Ex Oriente Lux - the Light of the Orient; Chapter 2: Madness and the Politics of Colonial Rule; Chapter 3: The Institutions; Chapter 4: The Medical Profession; Chapter 5: The Patients; Chapter 6: Medical Theory and Practice; Chapter 7: 'Mad Dogs and Englismen...'; Primary Sources; Notes; Index