دانلود کتاب Mediterranean Quarantines, 1750-1914: Space, Identity and Power

This volume aims to uncover the political, social and cultural factors that influenced the development of sanitary quarantine to combat epidemics in the Mediterranean during the long nineteenth century. Contributions to the book provide new interdisciplinary insights to the vibrant field of quarantine studies through the analytical lenses of space, identity and power.The circum-Mediterranean spread of case studies in the volume sheds light on the similarities and differences in the use and evolution of quarantines across the region. From Southern to Northern shores, chapters present coverage across Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Italian, English and French speaking domains. The book as a whole engages a wide range of terms, sources, bibliography, interpretative tools and views produced and elaborated in the Mediterranean context.This book is of interest to the global community of medical historians as well as scholars and students of colonial history, cultural studies of the Arab-Islamic world, human geographers and contemporary international relations.