All of us wonder whether the most populous country in the world will be able to cope with the rapidly spreading epidemic, what could be the most effective measures that our highly interconnected societies can undertake to limit the diffusion of the virus, and how the world should best prepare to face an eventual pandemic [ ]western countries also face increasing episodes of racism and intolerance against East Asian communities, ignorantly claiming their hygiene and social habits are incompatible with those in the West Overall, this first section combines an overarching narrative with quantitative descriptive analysis;presenting the image of a city that tried to resist the arrival of the plague, but when it realised that isolation from outside was unsuccessful, put in place an impressive set of public measures to isolate the city from the internal threat of those members of the community thought to be the ones responsible for the plague's diffusion [ ]chapter 8 shows the judicial controversies associated with the implementation of these public measures in time of plague and reveals the extent of the authorities’ benevolence towards the poor

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J. Henderson，《围攻下的佛罗伦萨：在早期现代城市中幸存的瘟疫》（纽黑文和伦敦：耶鲁大学出版社，2019 年）。第十八页 + 363 + 盘子 39 + 地图 4 + 数字 9 + 表格 4。30.00 英镑精装本。

我们所有人都想知道世界上人口最多的国家是否能够应对迅速蔓延的流行病，我们高度相互联系的社会可以采取什么最有效的措施来限制病毒的传播，以及世界应该如何应对？最好准备面对最终的大流行 [ ] 西方国家也面临越来越多的针对东亚社区的种族主义和不容忍现象，无知地声称他们的卫生和社会习惯与西方不相容 总体而言，这第一部分结合了总体叙述和定量描述分析；呈现一个城市的形象，它试图抵抗瘟疫的到来，但当它意识到与外界的隔离不成功时，实施了一系列令人印象深刻的公共措施，将城市与被认为应对瘟疫扩散负责的社区成员的内部威胁隔离开来 [ ] 第 8 章显示了与在纽约实施这些公共措施相关的司法争议瘟疫的时间，揭示了当局对穷人的仁慈程度