A Forgotten Quarantine Landscape: The Staten Island Marine Hospital Quarantine 1799 - 1858

A Forgotten Quarantine Landscape: The Staten Island Marine Hospital Quarantine 1799 - 1858

Quarantine and isolation practices leave behind landscapes of lasting policies, procedures, and structures. The structures and history surrounding the landscapes can work their way out of collective memory. Through a critical examination of records from the local Board of Health, historical maps, an...

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Veröffentlicht in:Material culture 2019-10, Vol.51 (2), p.18-41
1. Verfasser: Weber, Amanda
Format: Magazinearticle
Sprache:eng
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Archives & records
Colonialism
Disease
Epidemics
Famine
Feature Articles
Health care
Hospitals
Immigrants
Immigration
Legislatures
Population
Public health
Quarantine
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Zusammenfassung:Quarantine and isolation practices leave behind landscapes of lasting policies, procedures, and structures. The structures and history surrounding the landscapes can work their way out of collective memory. Through a critical examination of records from the local Board of Health, historical maps, and local archives, I construct a timeline of the quarantine landscape of the Staten Island Marine Hospital and its imprint left on New York history. A Memorial Green now embodies what was once the Staten Island Marine Hospital Quarantine in front of the new Courthouse, with obelisks and a headstone to commemorate the immigration journey of those attempting to escape the Great Famine (1845–1849).
ISSN:0883-3680
2328-3750