The yellow flag : quarantine and the British Mediterranean world, 1780-1860 /

The yellow flag : quarantine and the British Mediterranean world, 1780-1860 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Chase-Levenson, Alex, 1985- author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020. ©2020
Description:	1 online resource ( xii, 307 pages.)
Language:	English
Series:	Global health histories Global health histories (Series)
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. Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration. Great Britain -- Colonies -- Boundaries. United Kingdom. Great Britain. Mediterranean Region.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12319012

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ISBN:	9781108751773 1108751776 9781108485548
Notes:	Revision of author's doctoral dissertation. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 15, 2020).
Other form:	Print version: Chase-Levenson, Alex, 1985- The yellow flag Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020. 9781108485548

Table of 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.