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

Author/creator Chase-Levenson, Alex, 1985- author.
Format Electronic
PublicationCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Copyright Date©2020
Description1 online resource (xii, 307 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps.
Supplemental ContentClick here to view book
Subjects
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.
Great Britain--Colonies. --Administration.
Great Britain--Colonies. --Boundaries.
United Kingdom.

SeriesGlobal health histories
Global health histories (Series) ^A1483610
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.
Abstract "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.
General noteRevision of author's doctoral dissertation.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 15, 2020).
Issued in other formPrint version: Chase-Levenson, Alex, 1985- The yellow flag Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020. 9781108485548
Issued in other formOnline version: Chase-Levenson, Alex, 1985- Yellow flag. Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020. 9781108751773
Issued in other formOriginal 9781108485548 1108485545
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2019041199
ISBN9781108751773 electronic book
ISBN1108751776 electronic book
ISBNhardcover

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