Maritime Quarantine
The British Experience, 1650û1900 (The History of Medicine in Context)
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Word Count
146,500 words, Guess
Page Count
586 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- ISBN-100754661784
- ISBN-139780754661788
- Library of Congress Control Number2007007394
- OCLC Control Number973040057
- OCLC Control Number85498566
and 3 more
- Better World Books9780754661788
- Better World BooksO9-BMP-106
- Open LibraryOL10853111M
Classifications
- LCCRA655
- LCCRA644.P7 B565 2007
- LCCRA644.P7 B66 2016
Description
"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."--Jacket.
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