Imperial bedlam : institutions of madness in colonial southwest Nigeria /
This historical study examines primary source material, writings by African patients in these institutions 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. This book follows the...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©1999.
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| Series: | Medicine and society ;
10. |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=21343 |
| Summary: | This historical study examines primary source material, writings by African patients in these institutions 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. This book follows the development of insane asylums from their origins in the nineteenth century to innovative treatment programs developed by Nigerian physicians during the transition to independence. Special attention is given to the writings of those considered "lunatics," a perspective relatively neglected in previous studies of psychiatric institutions in Africa and most other parts of the world. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 169 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-166) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520921856 0520921852 0585119783 9780585119786 0520216164 0520216172 |