Living with ENZA: the forgotten story of Britain and the great flu pandemic of 1918

This book tells the story of the Great Influenza pandemic. Drawing upon various sources, the book traces the course of the forgotten influenza pandemic of 1918.There are no competing books addressing the 1918 flu pandemic from this angle. With bird flu constantly in the news, this book questions whether we're any more ready now than we were then. It is written by an experienced author, writing regularly in newspapers.'Never since the Black Death has such a plagueswept over the face of the world,' commented the "Times", '[and] never, perhaps, has a plague been more stoically accepted.' When the Great Influenza pandemic finally ended, in April 1919, 228,000 people in Britain alone were dead. This book tells the story of the Great Influenza pandemic. ÍNDICE: - PART I - St Petersburg, 1889 - - PART II - Etaples, Winter 1917 - First Wave, March b July 1918 - Second Wave, September-December 1918 - ThirdWave, February b April 1919 - - PART III - Hanoi, February 2005 - Britain, 2008 - -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-21774-4
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 14/11/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés