Quarantine

Recent Ebola outbreaks have focussed the world's attention on disease and quarantine. In this first global history of quarantine, an international cast of leading experts examine the enduring historical problems of migration and mobility, segregation, prevention and protection by states with different interests in freedoms, health and commerce.

Reviews

Local and global histories is a valuable collection which offers an abundance of material for comparative histories of maritime quarantine. Bashford’s introduction envisages the collection as a first step towards ‘an account of the principal lazarettos of the world in an era of globalization’ … and a compelling case has certainly been made for further work in this direction.