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Germs at Bay - Politics, Public Health, and American Quarantine (Hardcover)
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Germs at Bay - Politics, Public Health, and American Quarantine (Hardcover)
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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. 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
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