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Insanity, Race and Colonialism

Managing Mental Disorder in the Post-Emancipation British Caribbean, 1838-1914
By:L. Smith
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781137028624
eText ISBN:9781137318053
Edition:0
Copyright:2014
Format:Reflowable

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Despite emancipation from the evils of enslavement in 1838, most people of African origin in the British West Indian colonies continued to suffer serious material deprivation and racial oppression. This book examines the management and treatment of those who became insane, in the period until the Great War.