John Booker

Maritime Quarantine (eBook, PDF)

The British Experience, c.1650-1900

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 644
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351919852
• Artikelnr.: 49354683

Autorenporträt

John Booker

Inhaltsangabe

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.