UID:
almafu_9960119408402883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiv, 337 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Ausgabe:
Second edition.
ISBN:
9780511466113
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0511466110
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9781107385931
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1107385938
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9780521541756
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0521541751
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9780511586576
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0511586574
Originaltitel:
Epidemic and peace, 1918
Inhalt:
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.
Anmerkung:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Part I: An abrupt introduction to Spanish influenza -- The great shadow -- Part 2: Spanish influenza: The first wave--spring and summer, 1918 -- The advance of the influenza virus -- Three explosions--Africa, Europe, and America -- Part 3: The second and third waves -- The United Sates begins to take note -- Spanish influenza sweeps the country -- Flu in Philadelphia -- Flu in San Francisco -- Flu at sea on the voyage to France -- Flu and the American expeditionary force -- Flu and the Paris Peace Conference -- Part 4: Measurements, research, conclusions, and confusions -- Statistics, definitions, and speculation -- Samoa and Alaska -- Research, frustration, and the isolation of the virus -- Where did the Flu of 1918 go? -- Part 5: Afterword -- An inquiry into the peculiarities of human memory.
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English.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780521385473
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0521385474
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780521833943
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0521833949
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511586576
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