Insanity, Race and Colonialism : Managing Mental Disorder in the Post-Emancipation British Caribbean, 1838-1914 / by L. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, L., Author.

Series:

Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies, 2635-1641

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--History.

Science.

Imperialism.

Social history.

America--History.

America.

Social policy.

Race.

History of Science.

Imperialism and Colonialism.

Social History.

History of the Americas.

Social Policy.

Race and Ethnicity Studies.

Local Subjects:

History of Science.

Imperialism and Colonialism.

Social History.

History of the Americas.

Social Policy.

Race and Ethnicity Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2014.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite emancipation from the evils of enslavement in 1838, most people of African origin in the British West Indian colonies continued to suffer serious material deprivation and racial oppression. This book examines the management and treatment of those who became insane, in the period until the Great War.

Contents:

Cover; 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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781349439980

1349439983

9781137317377

113731737X

9781137318053

1137318058