Imperial Bedlam
, by Sadowsky, Jonathan HalNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780520216174 | 0520216172
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 9/1/1999
An elegantly-argued study of insane asylums in colonial Nigeria. The author uses fascinating sources, including writings of the inmates, to explore the cultural variations of madness, and the colonial contradictions of psychiatric theory.