Beyond the Asylum: Mental Illness in French Colonial Vietnam
(Part of the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University Series)
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This book is a must-read for any specialist in the history of colonial and post-colonial psychiatry, as well as a fantastic case study for those interested in the social history of European colonialism more generally. - Choice Claire Edington's fascinating look at psychiatric care in French colonial Vietnam challenges our notion of the colonial asylum as a closed setting, run by experts with unchallenged authority, from which patients...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1501733931
ISBN13:9781501733932
Release Date:April 2019
Publisher:Cornell University Press
Length:312 Pages
Weight:1.66 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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