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Sulphuric Utopias: A History of Maritime Fumigation

Sulphuric Utopias: A History of Maritime Fumigation

Engelmann, Lukas
Lynteris, Christos

Paperback

Series: Inside Technology

Technology & EngineeringSports GeneralChemistry

ISBN10: 0262538733
ISBN13: 9780262538732
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: Mar 31 2020
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
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 and engineering innovation. One of these technologies, the widely used Clayton machine, blasted sulphuric acid gas through a docked ship in an effort to eliminate pathogens, insects, and rats while leaving the cargo and the structure of the vessel unharmed, shortening its time in quarantine and minimizing the risk of importing infectious diseases. In Sulphuric Utopias, Lukas Engelmann and Christos Lynteris examine this overlooked but historically crucial practice at the intersection of epidemiology, hygiene, applied chemistry, and engineering. They show how maritime fumigation inspired utopian visions of disease-free trade to improve global shipping and to encourage universally applicable standards of sanitation and hygiene.

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