Thesis ID: CBB001561272

Putting Pandemics in Perspective: England and the Flu, 1889--1919 (2008)

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Adams, David Lynn (Author)


University of Kansas
Bailey, Victor


Publication Date: 2008
Edition Details: Advisor: Bailey, Victor
Physical Details: 395 pp.
Language: English

***** Authors who examine the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-19 fail to grasp its full context. Placing it alongside the Great War or other diseases only provides a partial construction, dramatically altering the narrative. With these limitations authors make it an exceptional example and model for future influenza pandemics. A full context involves incorporating the Great War and the Influenza Pandemic of 1889-92. Solely examining England demonstrates the unique experience of one country. Presenting the entire context is vital to comprehending how the public, medical professionals, and government officials perceived and reacted to the flu in the entire period 1889-1919. This examination shows that the pandemic of 1918-19 was the extreme, and that there are other courses for flu pandemics. It argues that, despite increased mortality, in 1918-19 the general public were not dramatically altered by the event. This illuminates it in an entirely different manner for all involved. *****

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Description Cited in Diss. Abstr. Int. A 70/01 (2009). Pub. no. AAT 3341912.


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Souza, Christiane Maria Cruz de
Seyed Amir Hossein Golshani
Babak Daneshfard
Fabio Montella
Mohammad Ebrahim Zohalinezhad
Pezzoni, Barbara
Concepts
Influenza
Epidemics
Public health
Disease and diseases
Medicine
Medicine and government
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
Places
Great Britain
Bahia (Brazil)
New Brunswick (Canada)
England
Canada
Bogotá (Colombia)
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