Bibliograph

The yellow flag, quarantine and the British Mediterranean world, 1780-1860, Alex Chase-Levenson

Type

Label

The yellow flag, quarantine and the British Mediterranean world, 1780-1860, Alex Chase-Levenson

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The yellow flag

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1139026810

Responsibility statement

Alex Chase-Levenson

Series statement

Global health historiesCambridge Histories online

Sub title

quarantine and the British Mediterranean world, 1780-1860

Summary

Until the middle of the nineteenth century, quarantine laws in all Western European nations mandated the detention of every inbound trader, traveller, soldier, sailor, merchant, missionary, letter, and trade good arriving from the Ottoman Empire and North Africa. Most of these quarantines occurred in large, ominous fortresses in Mediterranean port cities. Alex Chase-Levenson examines Britain's engagement with this Mediterranean border regime from multiple angles. He explores how quarantine practice laid the foundations for the state provision of public health and constituted an early example of European integration. Situated at the intersection of political, cultural, diplomatic, and medical history, The Yellow Flag captures the texture of quarantine as an experience, its power as an administrative precedent, and its novelty as an example of a continental border built from the ground up by low-level bureaucrats.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Universal agitation -- Locating the British Mediterranean world -- Governing quarantine -- 'A sort of hospital-prison' -- A European system -- Plague and 'civilization' -- A prescription for England's condition -- Quarantine and empire -- Mutually assured deconstruction -- Conclusion: Plagueomania

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