9780415009409 - Mad Tales from the Raj: European Insane in British India, 1800-58 (the Wellcome Institute Series in the History of Medicine) by Ernst, Waltraud (6 results)
Language: English
Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 1991
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Europeans in India had ambivalent feelings towards their mentally deranged compatriots. The authorities encouraged medical practitioners to treat European "lunatics" with kindness and respect, but they also insisted on segregating them from the European public, as well as from Indians. This attit…ude did not simply echo practices in the colonial motherland: it is closely linked to the British imperative of preserving the prestige of the ruling race. Like poor Europeans and vagrants, "lunatics" were seen as tarnishing the image of the British in India. "Mad Tales From the Raj" is an extensively researched study of European "insanity" within the context of British colonalism in early 19th century India. The author challenges the assumption that western medical psychology was impartial, and highlights the extent to which it not only reflected British colonial ideology and practice, but also helped to shape the interaction between rulers and ruled. Waltraud Ernst, a psychologist and historian, shows how the "colonial twist" assumed by European lunacy policy in India is reflected in psychological assessment and clinical treatment. She also discusses individual patients' life-stories and their experiences of confinement in asylums in India and England. Based on archival sources and medical experts' reports, the book provides an account of contemporary psychiatric treatment and colonial policies. It will be of interest not only to students of colonial history, medical sociology and related disciplines, but to all those with a general interest in British life in the colonies. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xi,195pp., illus., index (Black cloth, mauve/black/white illus. dw., 8¾"). Subject: INDIA - GENERAL:MEDICINE PROFES…SIONS/OCCUPATIONS. India. Medicine. 1 Kg.
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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xi,195pp., illus., index (Black cloth, mauve/black/white illus. dw., 8¾"). Subject: INDIA - GENERAL:MEDICINE PROFES…SIONS/OCCUPATIONS. India. Medicine. 1 Kg.
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1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover). Pp. xi + 195, illus with b&w drawings (no inscriptions).
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Fine condition in Near Fine dust jacket. Book is pristine, with no mars, marks, dings, tears, or writing. Dust jacket has some minor wrinkling at bottom of back cover. Illustrated with photos. 8vo. 195 pp. including i…ndex.
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Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Very good indeed in a lightly used, very good indeed dust jacket. Ink numbers to endpaper.
