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

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 307 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps Series Global health histories Global health histories (Series) 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 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 Notes Revision of author's doctoral dissertation Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 15, 2020) Subject Quarantine -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- 19th century Quarantine -- Political aspects -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- 19th century Public health -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- 19th century Public health -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Quarantine -- history Public Health -- history History, 19th Century Boundaries British colonies Colonies -- Administration Public health Quarantine Einreise Hafenstadt Quarantäne SUBJECT Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056633 Great Britain -- Colonies -- Boundaries. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056634 United Kingdom Subject Great Britain Mediterranean Region Großbritannien Mittelmeer Osmanisches Reich Westeuropa Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2019041199 ISBN 9781108751773 1108751776

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