| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
viii, 332 pages : illustrations, maps, photographs ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: The elephant in the room -- part 1. The unwalled city: Coughs and sneezes ; The monads of Leibniz -- part 2. Anatomy of a pandemic: Ripples on a pond ; Like a thief in the night -- part 3. Manhu, or What is it?: Disease eleven ; The doctors' dilemma ; The wrath of God -- part 4. The survival instinct: Chalking doors with crosses ; The placebo effect ; Good Samaritans -- part 5. Post mortem: The hunt for patient zero ; Counting the dead -- part 6. Science redeemed: Aenigmoplasma influenzae ; Beware the barnyard ; The human factor -- part 7. The post-flu world: The green shoots of recovery ; Alternate histories ; Anti-science, science ; Healthcare for all? ; War and peace ; Melancholy muse -- part 8. Roscoe's legacy -- Afterword: On memory. |
| Summary |
The author traces the pandemic that killed up to 100 million people, from India to Brazil, from Persia to Spain, and from South Africa to Ukraine. She demonstrates that the Spanish flu was a very significant event in creating the modern world. |
| Note |
"Originally published in hardcover and ebook by Jonathan Cape, an imprint of Vinatge Publishing in May 2017" --- Title page verso. |
| Subject(S) |
Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919.
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Communicable diseases -- History.
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Influenza -- History -- 20th century.
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Epidemiology -- History.
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| Added Title |
Spanish flu of 1918 and how it changed the world |
| ISBN |
9781610397674 (hardcover) |
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1610397673 (hardcover) |
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