America's forgotten pandemic : the influenza of 1918 / Alfred W. Crosby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crosby, Alfred W., author.

Standardized Title:

Epidemic and peace, 1918

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Influenza--United States--History--20th century.

Influenza.

Epidemics--United States--History--20th century.

Epidemics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 337 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780511466113

0511466110

9781107385931

1107385938

9780521541756

0521541751

9780511586576

0511586574

OCLC:

558438601

Publisher Number:

2027/heb03212 hdl