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Pale rider

the Spanish Flu of 1918 and how it changed the world

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Laura Spinney
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An edition of Pale rider (2017)

Pale rider

the Spanish Flu of 1918 and how it changed the world

First US edition.
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"The Spanish flu of 1918-1920 was one of the greatest human disasters of all time. It infected a third of the people on Earth--from 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 I. In this gripping narrative history, Laura Spinney traces the overlooked pandemic to reveal how the virus traveled across the globe, exposing mankind's vulnerability and putting our ingenuity to the test. As socially significant as both world wars, the Spanish flu dramatically disrupted--and often permanently altered--global 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 little-known catastrophe that forever changed humanity"--Amazon.

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Public Affairs
Language
English
Pages
332

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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Originally published in the UK in 2017.

Includes bibliographical resources (pages 298-317) and index.

Other Titles
Spanish Flu of 1918 and how it changed the world

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
614.5/1809041
Library of Congress
RC150.4 .S65 2017, RC150.4.S665 2017

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 332 pages
Number of pages
332

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26927724M
ISBN 10
1610397673
ISBN 13
9781610397674
LCCN
2017933356
OCLC/WorldCat
968771198, 1002848004

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