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Book Description Softcover. Condition: new. Reprint. Product DescriptionIn 1918 the ItalianAmericans of New York the Yupik of Alaska and the Persians of Mashed had almost nothing in common except for a virusone that triggered the worst pandemic of modern times and had a decisive effect on the history of the twentieth centuryThe Spanish flu of 19181920 was one of the greatest human disasters of all time It infected a third of the people on Earthfrom the poorest immigrants of New York City to the king of Spain Franz Kafka Mahatma Gandhi and Woodrow Wilson But despite a death toll of between 50 and 100 million people it exists in our memory as an afterthought to World War IIn this gripping narrative history Laura Spinney traces the overlooked pandemic to reveal how the virus travelled across the globe exposing mankinds vulnerability and putting our ingenuity to the test As socially significant as both world wars the Spanish flu dramatically disruptedand often permanently alteredglobal politics race relations and family structures while spurring innovation in medicine religion and the arts It was partly responsible Spinney argues for pushing India to independence South Africa to apartheid and Switzerland to the brink of civil war It also created the true lost generation Drawing on the latest research in history virology epidemiology psychology and economics Pale Rider masterfully recounts the littleknown catastrophe that forever changed humanityReviewImpressiveSet against the devastating backdrop of global contagion it is individual lives and deaths discovered in letters diaries biographies and memoirs that epitomize this rich account Spinney invokes potent imagesAlong with exemplary research Spinneys narrative is packed with fascinating quirky detailAs the centenary of this monumental event approaches other volumes on the pandemic will undoubtedly appear Pale Rider sets the bar very highNatureA saga of tragedies and a detective story Pale Rider is not just an excavation but a reimagining of the past As the book progresses the flu is cast increasingly as a character that crops up Zeliglike at important moments in history altering the course of events previously unattributed to it CompellingThe GuardianA book about the Spanish flu could so easily be drearycomplex pathology interwoven with pervasive tragedy Not so Pale Rider Ive seldom had so much fun reading about people dying Laura Spinney a science journalist is adept at explaining arcane scientific research in an entertaining comprehensible way With superb investigative skill and a delightfully lighthearted writing style Spinney extends her analysis far beyond the relatively short duration of the plagueSpinney finds it odd that we know so little about the worst calamity to affect the human race So do I There are tens of thousands of books about the First World War yet that flu is arguable more relevant to our world While global war is we hope a thing of the past global pestilence hovers like a vultureThe TimesSpinney argues that almost a century later the Spanish flu is still emerging from the shadows of the First World War in our collective memories She sets out to rectify this knowing just which medical mysteries and haunting vignettes will give the pandemic full purchase on our imaginationsNew York Times Book ReviewWidesweeping Spinney is a storyteller with a science writers cabinet of facts Retracing influenzas death trail over nine continents she attempts to show how the flu affected not only the wartorn West but also remote communities in South Africa China and Brazil The book reveals how desperately and differently people reacted and how gravely the flu influenced the modern world touching everything from medicine to business and from politics to poetryScienceInfluenza like all viruses is a parasite Laura Spinney traces its long shadow over human history Ms Spin. Seller Inventory # DADAX1541736125
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. "The Spanish Flu of 1918-1920 wone of the greatest human disasters of all time. It infected a third of the people on Earth." This gripping narrative shows how the virus travelled across the globe, exposing mankind's vulnerability and putting our ingenuity to the test. A masterful account of an overlooked catastrophe. B/W Photos, Notes, Index. Published @ $16.99. Seller Inventory # 017196
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