America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918 - Softcover

Crosby, Alfred W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521541751 ISBN 13: 9780521541756

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

[America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918 (Revised)]America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918 (Revised) BY Crosby, Alfred W.(Author)Paperback

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Review:

"Crosby will retain his reputation as a senior statesman of the 1918 influenza epidemic, as one of the first to study it comprehensively..." Linda Bryder, The International History Review

"[This] is a definitive account of the 1918 influenza epidemic in the United States. Alfred Crosby has systematically covered the effect of influenza upon the armed forces, major cities, and American territories. Over and above this he has depicted the spread and impact of the disease over a good part of the world." Journal of the History of Medicine

"[This] is a fine, galloping account of the influenza pandemic that killed some 25 million people in less than a year. In some ways it was a page out of the Middle Ages bound in the twentieth century. No plague ever killed so many people in so short a time." Natural History

"Thoroughly researched and rich in detail, Crosby's book carefully narrates the rise and fall of the global pandemic, especially as it affected the United States." Medical History

"...fascinating..." New York Sun

Book Description:

The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 and 1919 claimed over 25 million lives worldwide. In America's Forgotten Pandemic, Alfred W. Crosby recounts the course of the pandemic and measures its impact on American society. This 2003 edition includes a preface discussing the SARS epidemic.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521541751
• ISBN 13: 9780521541756
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 356