Alex Chase-Levenson

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Quarantine and the British Mediterranean World, 1780-1860

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Produktbeschreibung

Examines British engagement with the Mediterranean quarantine system to show how fear of disease drew Britain into a Continental biopolity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108621465
• Artikelnr.: 70911434

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.