Sulphuric Utopias A History of Maritime Fumigation

• Hoofdauteur: Engelmann, Lukas (auth)
• Andere auteurs: Lynteris, Christos (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Cambridge The MIT Press 2020
• Reeks: Inside Technology
• Onderwerpen: History of science; Maritime history; quarantine; shipping; disinfection; plague; yellow fever; disease; cholera; hygiene; syphilis
• Online toegang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

How early twentieth century fumigation technologies transformed maritime quarantine practices and inspired utopian visions of disease-free global trade. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, fumigation technologies transformed global practices of maritime quarantine through chemical...