LEADER 03672oam 2200565I 450 001 9910154585903321 005 20230808200702.0 010 $a1-351-91984-9 010 $a1-138-27412-7 010 $a1-315-24970-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315249704 035 $a(CKB)3710000000965396 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4758395 035 $a(OCoLC)973040057 035 $a(BIP)63368781 035 $a(BIP)13761942 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000965396 100 $a20180706e20162007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aMaritime quarantine $ethe British experience, c.1650-1900 /$fJohn Booker 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (645 pages) $cillustrations, maps 225 1 $aThe History of Medicine in Context 300 $a"First published 2007 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso. 311 08$a0-7546-6178-4 311 08$a1-351-91985-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. The seventeenth century -- 2. The Baltic crisis, 1709-1714 : policy and procedure -- 3. The Baltic crisis, 1709-1714 : mercantile worries -- 4. The Marseilles crisis, 1720-1723 -- 5. Gibraltar and Minorea, 1720-1814 -- 6. The Messina crisis, and legislation, 1728-1754 -- 7. Indecision in Britain, 1756-1788 -- 8. The foul-bill dilemma, 1786-1800 -- 9. Land or sea? The Lazaretto debate, 1793-1800 -- 10. British Board of Health and Kentish fiasco, 1803-1820 -- 11. Malta : war, peace and plague, 1640-1814 -- 12. Anti-contagionism in Britain, 1805-1825 -- 13. Malta and the Ionian islands, 1815-1826 -- 14. Mediterranean misery, plus cholera, 1825-1835 -- 15. International deliberation, 1835-1853 -- 16. Malta, 1826-1851, and the demise of quarantine. 330 $aAs a maritime trading nation, the issue of quarantine was one of constant concern to Britain. Whilst naturally keen to promote international trade, there was a constant fear of importing potentially devastating diseases into British territories. In this groundbreaking study, John Booker examines the methods by which British authorities sought to keep their territories free from contagious diseases, and the reactions to, and practical consequences of, these policies. Drawing upon a wealth of documentary sources, Dr Booker paints a vivid picture of this controversial episode of British political and mercantile history, concluding that quarantine was a peculiarly British disaster, doomed to inefficiency by the royal prerogative and concerns for trade and individual liberty. Whilst it may not have fatally hindered the economic development of Britain, it certainly irritated the City and the mercantile elites and remained a source of constant political friction for many years. As such, an understanding of British maritime quarantine provides a fuller picture of attitudes to trade, culture, politics and medicine in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. 410 0$aHistory of medicine in context. 606 $aQuarantine$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aCommunicable diseases$zGreat Britain$xPrevention$xHistory 606 $aNaval hygiene$zGreat Britain$xHistory 615 0$aQuarantine$xHistory. 615 0$aCommunicable diseases$xPrevention$xHistory. 615 0$aNaval hygiene$xHistory. 676 $a614.4/60941 686 $a44.00$2bcl 700 $aBooker$b John$f1941-,$0825734 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154585903321 996 $aMaritime quarantine$92110148 997 $aUNINA