Establishing Quarantine System in Late Qing China

• Main Authors: Lee, Hsin-Hsuan, 李欣璇
• Other Authors: Liu, Shi-Yung
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/67182336146510660083

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 歷史學系 === 103 === This thesis investigates the establishment of quarantine system of the Imperial Maritime Customs Service in Late Qing China between 1873 and 1911, exploring the establishment and implementation of quarantine system and highlights certain features that have been neglected in contemporary scholarship. Through the improvement and network of quarantine system this study illuminates closely the quarantine system not only reveals the function of disease prevention, but acts as a vital hub of tropical disease information. Focusing on the operation of quarantine system, this study aims to illustrate the extensive of knowledge network via civil and governmental means between China and global. This work also aims to reconstruct the big picture of operation and information network of quarantine system in late Qing China. Besides of introduction and motive of doing the research in Chapter One, Chapter Two begins to explore the establishment of quarantine system and its background. Through the case studies of the Shanghai and Amoy Custom Houses, Chapter Three illuminates the implementation of the quarantine regulations; moreover, this chapter also examines the efficacy of the quarantine system. Applying the Actor Network Theory in Chapter Four to explore the network of tropical disease information between China and the world, moreover, this chapter also shows how the customs system transform actual symptoms into knowledge of tropical medicine. Finally, Chapter Five concludes the thesis by the efficacy of quarantine system and the network of disease information between China and overseas countries. In sum, the study sheds light on understanding the implementation of quarantine system in late Qing China. This thesis also sheds more light on a sheer interlock between China and the world which was through prevention of contagious diseases and communication of disease information. This thesis expected that the role of quarantine system in contagious disease prevention network, and the research progress of tropical disease in Asia and the world would be found more interesting and astonishing in the field of history.