The Invention of Madness
State, Society, and the Insane in Modern China
- Contents
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Introduction
1 Contracting the “Mad Illness”
2 The Birth of the Chinese Asylum, 1901–1918
3 The Institutionalization of Madness, 1910s–1920s
4 The Psychiatric Entrepreneur, 1920s–1930s
5 From Madness to Mental Illness, 1928–1935
6 Mental Hygiene and Political Control, 1928–1937
7 Between the Mad and the Mentally Ill
Conclusion
Glossary of Chinese Terms
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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