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'.
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'.
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.
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.
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