Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World Open ebook -

Basic Books. New. New Basic Books, 2020 New In 1918, the Italian-Americans of New York, the Yupik of Alaska, and the Persians of Mashed had almost nothing in common except for a virus -- one that triggered the worst pandemic of modern times and had a decisive effect on twentieth-century historyThe 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 World War IIn this gripping narrative history, Laura Spinney traces the overlooked pandemic to reveal how the virus travelled across the globe, exposing mankind's vulnerability and putting our ingenuity to the test As socially significant as both world wars, the Spanish flu dramatically disrupted -- and often permanently altered -- global politics, race… Leer más