Title The flu epidemic of 1918 : America's experience in the global health crisis / Sandra Opdycke.

Publication Info.

New York : Routledge, 2014.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	614.518 OPDYCKE	Check Shelf

Description	xviii, 215 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series	Critical moments in American history
	Critical moments in American history.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-212) and index.
Contents	No ordinary flu: the Epidemic of 1918 -- America in 1918: the epidemic's social context -- Fighting two wars at once: flu in the military -- A caregiver's nightmare: trying to treat influenza -- Communities on their own: the civilian experience -- After the storm: the legacy of 1918 -- The long silence: suppressing the memory -- Feeling vulnerable again: fears of another 1918.
Subject	Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919.
	Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 -- United States.
	Influenza -- United States -- Management.
	Medical policy -- United States -- International cooperation.
	Influenza, Human -- epidemiology -- United States.
	Influenza, Human -- United States -- history.
	Disease Outbreaks -- United States -- history.
	Health Policy -- United States -- history.
	History, 20th Century -- United States.
	International Cooperation -- United States -- history.
ISBN	9780415636841 (hardback: alkaline paper)
	0415636841 (hardback: alkaline paper)
	9780415636858 (paperback : alkaline paper)
	041563685X (paperback : alkaline paper)
	9780203077726 (e-book : alk. paper)
Standard No.	40023995345

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