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Curing madness? : a social and cultural history of insanity in colonial north India, 1800-1950s / Shilpi Rajpal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rajpal, Shilpi, Author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mental illness--Treatment--India, North--History--19th century.
- Mental illness.
- Mental illness--Treatment--India, North--History--20th century.
- Mentally ill--Care--India, North--History--19th century.
- Mentally ill.
- Mentally ill--Care--India, North--History--20th century.
- North India.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (316 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- 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.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 9, 2020).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-099332-4
- 0-19-099333-2
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