Joep Schenk explores how the introduction of steam-powered boats brought fear of unemployment to local sailors and the role of the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine
Security in times of plague and cholera
Constantin Ardeleanu details how, with the transportation revolution in the nineteenth century, infectious diseases travelled the world at an accelerated pace.
Mediterranean Surveillance, Imperial Precedents
Erik de Lange on how the Mediterranean Sea has been and still is under steady surveillance. In the past, as now, the main questions are: who is watching? And for which purpose?
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