Description: America's Forgotten Pandemic The Influenza of 1918 Tracing the influenza pandemic of 1918–1919 that claimed over 25 million lives worldwide. Alfred W. Crosby (Author) 9780521833943, Cambridge University Press Hardback, published 28 July 2003 356 pages 23.1 x 15.7 x 2.8 cm, 0.69 kg "...fascinating..." New York Sun Between August 1918 and March 1919 the Spanish influenza spread worldwide, claiming over 25 million lives - more people than perished in the fighting of the First World War. It proved fatal to at least a half-million Americans. Yet, the Spanish flu pandemic is largely forgotten today. In this vivid narrative, Alfred W. Crosby recounts the course of the pandemic during the panic-stricken months of 1918 and 1919, measures its impact on American society, and probes the curious loss of national memory of this cataclysmic event. This 2003 edition includes a preface discussing the then recent outbreaks of diseases, including the Asian flu and the SARS epidemic. Part I. An Abrupt Introduction to Spanish Influenza: 1. The great shadow Part II. Spanish Influenza: The First Wave - Spring and Summer, 1918: 2. The advance of the influenza virus 3. Three explosions - Africa, Europe, and America Part III. The Second and Third Waves: 4. The United States begins to take note 5. Spanish Influenza sweeps the country 6. Flu in Philadelphia 7. Flu in San Francisco 8. Flu at sea on voyage to France 9. Flu and the American expeditionary force 10. Flu and the Paris Peace Conference Part IV. Measurements, Research, Conclusions, and Confusions: 11. Statistics, definitions, and speculations 12. Samoa and Alaska 13. Research, frustration, and the isolation of the virus 14. Where did the flu of 1918 go? Part V. Afterword: 15. An inquiry in the peculiarities of human memory. Subject Areas: History of science [PDX], History of medicine [MBX], 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW], History of the Americas [HBJK]
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BIC Subject Area 1: History of science [PDX]
BIC Subject Area 2: History of medicine [MBX]
BIC Subject Area 3: 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW]
BIC Subject Area 4: History of the Americas [HBJK]
Number of Pages: 356 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: America's Forgotten Pandemic: the Influenza of 1918
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2003
Subject: Medicine, Science, History
Item Height: 231 mm
Item Weight: 690 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Alfred W. Crosby
Item Width: 157 mm
Format: Hardcover
