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America's Forgotten Pandemic

The Influenza of 1918

By Alfred W. Crosby

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| Hardcover | 9780521385473

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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 naContinue

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-striken months of 1918 and 1919, measures its impact on American society, and probes the curious loss of national memory of this cataclysmic event.

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 351 Pages
  • Edition: Reprint
  • ISBN-10: 0521385474
  • ISBN-13: 9780521385473
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Pub date: Feb 23, 1990
  • Dimensions: 250 mm x 160 mm x 30 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Paperback
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