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The English System: Quarantine, Immigration and the Making of a Port Sanitary Zone
Krista Maglen
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Description for The English System: Quarantine, Immigration and the Making of a Port Sanitary Zone
Hardback. A history of port health and immigration at a critical moment of transformation at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFN; MBX; MJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 440.
The English System is a history of port health and immigration at a critical moment of transformation at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century. During the later nineteenth century, British public health officials transformed the medieval quarantine system into a novel ‘English System’ of surveillance to control the introduction of infectious disease. This removed the much maligned hindrances of quarantine to high-speed international commerce and for maritime traffic through Britain’s ports. At the same time, calls were made to restrict the arrival of increasing numbers of European immigrants and transmigrants. This book explores the tensions ... Read more
The English System is a history of port health and immigration at a critical moment of transformation at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century. During the later nineteenth century, British public health officials transformed the medieval quarantine system into a novel ‘English System’ of surveillance to control the introduction of infectious disease. This removed the much maligned hindrances of quarantine to high-speed international commerce and for maritime traffic through Britain’s ports. At the same time, calls were made to restrict the arrival of increasing numbers of European immigrants and transmigrants. This book explores the tensions ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719089657
SKU
V9780719089657
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Krista Maglen
Krista Maglen is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Indiana University Bloomington -- .
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