Germs at Bay
«Germs at Bay is a great book if you are interested in the how and why of quarantines like those at Boston Harbor or New York's Ellis Island, or the current recommendations to keep COVID [from] further spread.»
The History of Vaccines Blog
This book examines America's experience with a wide range of quarantine practices over the past 400 years and explores the political, economic, immigration, and public health considerations that have prompted success or failure within the evolving role of public health. Les mer
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The novel strain of coronavirus that emerged in late 2019 and became a worldwide pandemic in 2020 is only one of more than 87 new or emerging pathogens discovered since 1980 that have posed a risk to public health. While many may consider quarantine an antiquated practice, in reality it is often one of the only defenses against new and dangerous communicable diseases. Tracing the United States' quarantine practices through the colonial, postcolonial, and modern eras, Germs at Bay: Politics, Public Health, and American Quarantine provides an eye-opening look at how quarantine has worked despite routine dismissal of its value.
This book is for anyone seeking to understand the challenges of controlling the spread of COVID-19 and will help readers internalize the lessons that may be learned from the pandemic. No other title provides the level of primary source data on the United States' long reliance on quarantine practices and the political, social, and economic factors that have influenced them.
Offers guidance on quarantine decision-making within the U.S. democratic system
Chronicles the evolution of quarantine throughout U.S. history
Provides a detailed analysis of tens of thousands of primary-source local, state, and federal quarantine records that have been pieced together to tell America's quarantine story
Features illuminating case studies of some of the most important quarantine events in American history
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Praeger Publishers Inc
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 520
- ISBN
- 9781440878336
- Utgivelsesår
- 2021
- Format
- 24 x 16 cm
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«Germs at Bay is a great book if you are interested in the how and why of quarantines like those at Boston Harbor or New York's Ellis Island, or the current recommendations to keep COVID [from] further spread.»
The History of Vaccines Blog