Houses of madness : Insanity and asylums of Bengal in nineteenth-century India / Debjani Das.

By:

Das, Debjani (Professor of history) [author.]

Publisher: New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2015Edition: First editionDescription: xix, 286 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780199458875 (hardback)
0199458871 (hardback)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

362.20954 DAS 23

LOC classification:

RC451.I6 D37 2015

Contents:

Table of Contents List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Madness and Madhouses of the Lower Provinces of Bengal 2 Treatment of the Insane: Conflict between Theory and Practice 3 Women in the Lunatic Asylums of Bengal 4 The Role of Asylum Staff in the Treatment of Insanity Conclusion Appendices Glossary Select Bibliography Index About the Author

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
BOOKs	National Law School	362.20954 DAS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		36210

Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-279) and index.

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Madness and Madhouses of the Lower Provinces of Bengal
2 Treatment of the Insane: Conflict between Theory and Practice
3 Women in the Lunatic Asylums of Bengal
4 The Role of Asylum Staff in the Treatment of Insanity
Conclusion
Appendices
Glossary
Select Bibliography
Index
About the Author

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