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MADNESS AND COLONIZATION: PSYCHIATRY IN THE BRITISH AND FRENCH EMPIRES, 1800-1962.

Studies the psychology of colonial domination under the British and French empires from 1800 to 1962. Relationship between knowledge and power in colonial domination; Historiography of colonial psychiatry; Functions of race for colonialism.

Published in:Journal of Social History Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 295 - 327
Main Author: Keller, Richard
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Winter2001
Subjects:
Social psychiatry
French colonies
British colonies
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Summary:Studies the psychology of colonial domination under the British and French empires from 1800 to 1962. Relationship between knowledge and power in colonial domination; Historiography of colonial psychiatry; Functions of race for colonialism.