Article ID: CBB001550975

The Recent Wave of “Spanish” Flu Historiography (2014)

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This article surveys the surge of writing over the last 15 years by social and medical scientists on the topic of the devastating `Spanish' influenza pandemic of 1918--1919, which it labels a `second wave' of this pandemic's historiography. It views this work in three ways: by looking, first, at what wider, contextual factors triggered this explosion of writing; secondly, at the authors of these works and their specific motivations for taking up the subject; and thirdly, at how their labours have altered, refined or re-shaped our understanding of this great catastrophe's origin, its direct and indirect toll, its differential incidence by class and gender, its tripartite connections to the First World War, its portrayal in the contemporary press, and its impact on medical science. Finally, the article urges that a number of new lenses should be brought to bear on the pandemic as its centenary approaches, to provide a 360 degree perspective on it. Viewing it thus, it suggests, could well yield a third wave of pandemic historiography.

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Authors & Contributors
Souza, Christiane Maria Cruz de
Seyed Amir Hossein Golshani
Babak Daneshfard
Fabio Montella
Mohammad Ebrahim Zohalinezhad
Fearnley, Lyle
Concepts
Influenza
Medicine
Epidemics
Public health
Disease and diseases
World War I
Time Periods
20th century, early
21st century
20th century
20th century, late
19th century
Places
Bahia (Brazil)
Great Britain
Bogotá (Colombia)
São Paulo (Brazil)
Rhodesia
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Institutions
American Public Health Association
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