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Madness, Cannabis and Colonialism - The 'Native Only' Lunatic Asylums of British India 1857-1900 (Hardcover)
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Madness, Cannabis and Colonialism - The 'Native Only' Lunatic Asylums of British India 1857-1900 (Hardcover)
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This fascinating, entertaining and often gruelling book by James
Mills, examines the lunatic asylums set up by the British in
nineteenth-century India. The author asserts that there was a
growth in asylums following the Indian Mutiny, fuelled by the fear
of itinerant and dangerous individuals, which existed primarily in
the British imagination. Once established though, these asylums,
which were staffed by Indians and populated by Indians, quickly
became arenas in which the designs of the British were contested
and confronted. Mills argues that power is everywhere and is behind
every action; colonial power is therefore just another way to
assert control over the less powerful. This social history draws on
official archives and documents based in Scotland, England and
India. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in
history, sociology, or the general interest reader.
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