Flu Epidemic Of 1918 America's Experience in the Global Health Crisis

Name: Flu Epidemic Of 1918 America's Experience in the Global Health Crisis
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ISBN: 9780415636858

ISBN-10: 041563685X

ISBN-13: 9780415636858

Edition: 2014

Authors: Sandra Opdycke

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In the spring of 1918, a world-wide influenza epidemic hit the United States. Killing over 500,000 Americans, causing the national deathrate to jump 30% in a single year, the outbreak affected national participation in World War I and brought hundreds of American communities to a collapse. Historians estimate that hundreds of thousands of families were affected after the infection hit the armed forces. Despite the immediate impact of the event, the flu epidemicseemed to disappear from public memory as soon as it ended. No longer a historical anomaly,this epidemic provides an ideal lens for understanding the history of infectious disease in the United States. Examining both the immediate and…

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List price: $34.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 3/19/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836