Pale rider : the Spanish Flu of 1918 and how it changed the world / Laura Spinney.
Pale rider : the Spanish Flu of 1918 and how it changed the world / Laura Spinney.
Pale rider : the Spanish Flu of 1918 and how it changed the world / Laura Spinney.
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Publisher
New York : Public Affairs, 2017.
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G 2017/4420
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Language
English
Physical Description
Physical content
viii, 332 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
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 su...
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Publisher
New York : Public Affairs, 2017.
Edition
First US Edition.
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
"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...
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Pale rider : the Spanish Flu of 1918 and how it changed the world / Laura Spinney.
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Includes bibliographical resources (pages 298-317) and index.
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©2017
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G 2017/4420
Record Identifier
74VKVXBxbKJy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVXBxbKJy
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ISBN
9781610397674
DDC
614.51809041
MMS ID
991024119919102626
