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Maritime Quarantine - John Booker

Maritime Quarantine

The British Experience, c.1650–1900

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
644 Seiten
2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-27412-9 (ISBN)
CHF 87,25 inkl. MwSt
As a maritime trading nation, the issue of quarantine was one of constant concern to Britain. Whilst naturally keen to promote international trade, there was a constant fear of importing potentially devastating diseases into British territories. In this groundbreaking study, John Booker examines the methods by which British authorities sought to keep their territories free from contagious diseases, and the reactions to, and practical consequences of, these policies. Drawing upon a wealth of documentary sources, Dr Booker paints a vivid picture of this controversial episode of British political and mercantile history, concluding that quarantine was a peculiarly British disaster, doomed to inefficiency by the royal prerogative and concerns for trade and individual liberty. Whilst it may not have fatally hindered the economic development of Britain, it certainly irritated the City and the mercantile elites and remained a source of constant political friction for many years. As such, an understanding of British maritime quarantine provides a fuller picture of attitudes to trade, culture, politics and medicine in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

John Booker

Contents: Preface; The 17th century; The Baltic crisis, 1709-1714: policy and procedure; The Baltic crisis, 1709-1714: mercantile worries; The Marseilles crisis 1720-1723; Gibraltar and Minorca, 1720-1814; The Messina crisis, and legislation, 1728-1754; Indecision in Britain, 1756-1788; The foul-bill dilemma, 1786-1800; Land or sea? The lazaretto debate, 1793-1800; British Board of Health and Kentish fiasco, 1803-1820; Malta: war, peace and plague, 1640-1814; Anti-contagionism in Britain, 1805-1825; Malta and the Ionian islands, 1815-1826; Mediterranean misery, plus cholera, 1825-1835; International deliberation, 1835-1853; Malta, 1826-1851, and the demise of quarantine; Glossary; Bibliography; Appendices; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie The History of Medicine in Context
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 453 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Militärgeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Wirtschaftsgeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
ISBN-10 1-138-27412-7 / 1138274127
ISBN-13 978-1-138-27412-9 / 9781138274129
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