Alex Chase-Levenson (University of Pennsylvania)

The Yellow Flag

Quarantine and the British Mediterranean World, 1780-1860

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Alex Chase-Levenson examines British engagement with the Mediterranean quarantine system from 1780 to 1860, demonstrating how quarantine fostered early forms of European integration, laid the foundation for modern public health, and shaped Western perceptions of the 'East'.

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Produktdetails

• Global Health Histories
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 319
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 474g
• ISBN-13: 9781108707282
• ISBN-10: 1108707289
• Artikelnr.: 64359488

Autorenporträt

Alex Chase-Levenson is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Mediterranean Currents: 1. Universal agitation
2. Locating the British Mediterranean world
Part II. Lazarettos, Health Boards, and the Building of a Biopolity: 3. Governing quarantine
4. 'A sort of hospital-prison'
5. A European system
Part III. Imagining the Plague: 6. Plague and 'civilization'
7. A prescription for England's condition
Part IV. Old Patterns, New Cordons: 8. Quarantine and empire
9. Mutually assured deconstruction
Conclusion: Plagueomania
Bibliography
Index.