{"product_id":"the-yellow-flag-quarantine-and-the-british-mediterranean-world-1780-1860-hardback-9781108485548","title":"The Yellow Flag; Quarantine and the British Mediterranean World, 1780–1860 (Hardback) 9781108485548","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Yellow Flag\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eQuarantine and the British Mediterranean World, 1780–1860\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExamines British engagement with the Mediterranean quarantine system to show how fear of disease drew Britain into a Continental biopolity.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlex Chase-Levenson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108485548, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 April 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e318 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 1.9 cm, 0.63 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The Yellow Flag will reward readers interested in the history of health, diplomacy, and travel in the Mediterranean and beyond.' Kathleen Frederickson, Victorian Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eUntil the middle of the nineteenth century, quarantine laws in all Western European nations mandated the detention of every inbound trader, traveller, soldier, sailor, merchant, missionary, letter, and trade good arriving from the Ottoman Empire and North Africa. Most of these quarantines occurred in large, ominous fortresses in Mediterranean port cities. Alex Chase-Levenson examines Britain's engagement with this Mediterranean border regime from multiple angles. He explores how quarantine practice laid the foundations for the state provision of public health and constituted an early example of European integration. Situated at the intersection of political, cultural, diplomatic, and medical history, The Yellow Flag captures the texture of quarantine as an experience, its power as an administrative precedent, and its novelty as an example of a continental border built from the ground up by low-level bureaucrats.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Mediterranean Currents: 1. Universal agitation\u003cbr\u003e 2. Locating the British Mediterranean world\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Lazarettos, Health Boards, and the Building of a Biopolity: 3. Governing quarantine\u003cbr\u003e 4. 'A sort of hospital-prison'\u003cbr\u003e 5. A European system\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Imagining the Plague: 6. Plague and 'civilization'\u003cbr\u003e 7. A prescription for England's condition\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Old Patterns, New Cordons: 8. Quarantine and empire\u003cbr\u003e 9. Mutually assured deconstruction\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Plagueomania\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of medicine [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of medicine\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20medicine%20%5BMBX%5D%22\"\u003eMBX\u003c\/a\u003e], Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Modern%20history%20to%2020th%20century:%20c%201700%20to%20c%201900%20%5BHBLL%5D%22\"\u003eHBLL\u003c\/a\u003e], Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45912957550872,"sku":"9781108485548","price":71.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108485548i.jpg?v=1696706292","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-yellow-flag-quarantine-and-the-british-mediterranean-world-1780-1860-hardback-9781108485548","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}