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Madness, Cannabis and Colonialism

The 'Native Only' Lunatic Asylums of British India 1857-1900

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  1. James H. Mills

    1. Department of History, University College Northampton, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • James H. Mills
    Pages 1-13

  3. The Asylum Archive: the Production of Knowledge at the Colonial Asylum

    • James H. Mills
    Pages 14-42

  4. ‘The Lunatic Asylums of India are Filled with Ganja Smokers’: Asylum Knowledge as Colonial Knowledge

    • James H. Mills
    Pages 43-65

  5. Disciplining Populations: British Admissions to ‘Native-Only’ Lunatic Asylums

    • James H. Mills
    Pages 66-102

  6. Disciplining Individuals: Treatment Regimes Inside ‘Native-Only’ Lunatic Asylums

    • James H. Mills
    Pages 103-128

  7. Indians into Asylums: Local Communities and the Medical Institution

    • James H. Mills
    Pages 129-144

  8. Indians inside Asylums: Staff, Patients and Power

    • James H. Mills
    Pages 145-176

  9. Conclusion: Knowledge, Power and Agency

    • James H. Mills
    Pages 177-185

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 186-227
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About this book

This fascinating, entertaining and often gruelling book by James Mills, examines the lunatic asylums set up by the British in nineteenth-century India. The author asserts that there was a growth in asylums following the Indian Mutiny, fuelled by the fear of itinerant and dangerous individuals, which existed primarily in the British imagination. Once established though, these asylums, which were staffed by Indians and populated by Indians, quickly became arenas in which the designs of the British were contested and confronted. Mills argues that power is everywhere and is behind every action; colonial power is therefore just another way to assert control over the less powerful. This social history draws on official archives and documents based in Scotland, England and India. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in history, sociology, or the general interest reader.







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'...the book benefits from its sophisticated examination of knowledge, power and agency.' - Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of History, University College Northampton, UK

    James H. Mills

About the author

James Mills is Lecturer in Modern History at University College Northhampton.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Madness, Cannabis and Colonialism

  • Book Subtitle: The 'Native Only' Lunatic Asylums of British India 1857-1900

  • Authors: James H. Mills

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230286047

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-79334-3Published: 11 July 2000

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-28604-7Published: 11 July 2000

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 227

  • Topics: Asian History, Imperialism and Colonialism, Psychiatry, Modern History

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