Madhouse: Psychiatry and Politics in Cuban History

Author:   Jennifer L. Lambe
Publisher:   The University of North Carolina Press
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9781469631028


Pages:   344
Publication Date:   30 October 2016
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Jennifer L. Lambe
Publisher:   The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint:   The University of North Carolina Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.531kg
ISBN:  

9781469631028


ISBN 10:   1469631024
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   30 October 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Lambe reminds the reader of the lasting power of revolution and its role in psychiatry in Cuba.--H-Net Reviews Will serve as a launching pad for future researchers.--Bulletin of the History of Medicine Destined to become mandatory reading for all of those interested in the history of psychiatry in Latin America and also, more broadly, for the general public interested in Cuban history.--Hispanic American Historical Review An important contribution to the understanding of Cuban history that bridges many historiographies, from scholarship of state formation and imperial politics to histories of gender and sexuality to the history of medicine.--American Historical Review A definitive account of the ups and downs of this institution, as well as a tour of the horizon of Cuban psychiatry in general, documenting the arrival of psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, and the other great tides in the history of international psychiatry that washed up on these Latin shores.--Isis


A definitive account of the ups and downs of this institution, as well as a tour of the horizon of Cuban psychiatry in general, documenting the arrival of psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, and the other great tides in the history of international psychiatry that washed up on these Latin shores.--Isis


Attends to interactions among state officials, legal regimes, and clinical approaches to what has been variably termed insanity, or loss of reason.--New West Indian Guide Lambe reminds the reader of the lasting power of revolution and its role in psychiatry in Cuba.--H-Net Reviews Will serve as a launching pad for future researchers.--Bulletin of the History of Medicine Destined to become mandatory reading for all of those interested in the history of psychiatry in Latin America and also, more broadly, for the general public interested in Cuban history.--Hispanic American Historical Review An important contribution to the understanding of Cuban history that bridges many historiographies, from scholarship of state formation and imperial politics to histories of gender and sexuality to the history of medicine.--American Historical Review A definitive account of the ups and downs of this institution, as well as a tour of the horizon of Cuban psychiatry in general, documenting the arrival of psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, and the other great tides in the history of international psychiatry that washed up on these Latin shores.--Isis


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Jennifer L. Lambe is assistant professor of history at Brown University.

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