The yellow flag, quarantine and the British Mediterranean world, 1780-1860, Alex Chase-Levenson
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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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Subject
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Boundaries
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration
- Public health -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- 19th century
- Quarantine + Political aspects -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- 19th century
- Quarantine -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- 19th century
- Public health -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Boundaries
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration
- Public health -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- 19th century
- Quarantine + Political aspects -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- 19th century
- Quarantine -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- 19th century
- Public health -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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