1st Edition
Britain and the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic A Dark Epilogue
By Niall Johnson
Copyright 2006
296 Pages
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Routledge
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Routledge
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Between August 1918 and March 1919 a flu pandemic spread across the globe and in just under a year 40 million people had died from the virus worldwide. This is the first book to provide a total history and seriously analyze the British experiences during that time. The book provides the most up-to-date tally of the pandemic’s impact, including the vast mortality, as well as questioning the... Read more
1. Introduction to an Unregarded Killer 2. History of Influenza – A Long History of Affliction 3. Geographies of Flu 4. The Human Cost 5. Impacts and Responses 6. Cultural Dimensions 7. Repercussions 8. Possible Futures Notes Bibliography Index
Biography
Niall Johnson is a respected authority on the 1918–19 influenza pandemic. In addition to writing his PhD (Cambridge) on the British experience of the pandemic he has published and presented numerous research papers on this topic, including articles in leading medical, history and history of medicine journals, and has acted as expert consultant to Granada Media for a Channel Four documentary on the pandemic.
