Houses of madness : insanity and asylums of Bengal in nineteenth-century India /
Das, Debjani,
Houses of madness : insanity and asylums of Bengal in nineteenth-century India / Debjani Das. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Houses of Madness' is a history of asylums of colonial Bengal in the 19th century. It explores these institutions through several phases that not only involved changes in medical treatment and its interpretation, but also the question of spatial distribution within these institutions.
9780199085484 (ebook) : No price
Psychiatric hospitals--History--India--19th century.
Psychiatric hospital care--History--India--19th century.
Mentally ill--Institutional care--History--India--19th century.
India--Social conditions--19th century.
RC439
362.21095409034
Houses of madness : insanity and asylums of Bengal in nineteenth-century India / Debjani Das. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Houses of Madness' is a history of asylums of colonial Bengal in the 19th century. It explores these institutions through several phases that not only involved changes in medical treatment and its interpretation, but also the question of spatial distribution within these institutions.
9780199085484 (ebook) : No price
Psychiatric hospitals--History--India--19th century.
Psychiatric hospital care--History--India--19th century.
Mentally ill--Institutional care--History--India--19th century.
India--Social conditions--19th century.
RC439
362.21095409034