Imperial Bedlam: Institutions of Madness in Colonial Southwest Nigeria - Medicine and Society - Jonathan Sadowsky - Books - University of California Press - 9780520216174 - September 24, 1999
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Imperial Bedlam: Institutions of Madness in Colonial Southwest Nigeria - Medicine and Society

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A study that examines writings by African patients in asylums and the reports of officials, doctors, and others to discuss the meaning of madness in Nigeria, the development of colonial psychiatry, and the connections between them. It shows how contradictions inherent in colonialism were articulated in both asylum policy and psychiatric theory.


180 pages

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Released September 24, 1999
ISBN13 9780520216174
Publishers University of California Press
Pages 180
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 13 mm   ·   272 g

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