Maritime Quarantine

The British Experience, c.1650–1900

By:

John Booker

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Hardback

Series:

The History of Medicine in Context

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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.

Author Biography:

John Booker

Release date Australia

December 21st, 2007

Author

John Booker

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Undergraduate

Pages

644

Series

The History of Medicine in Context

Dimensions

156x234x35

ISBN-13

9780754661788

Product ID

3770975

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