America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918

New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2003 Cambridge University Press, New York. 2003. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated New Edition-2nd Edition/First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 337 pp 8vo. Between August 1918 and March 1919 the Spanish influenza spread worldwide, claiming over 25 million lives, more people that perished in the fighting of the First World War. It proved fatal to at least a half-million Americans. Yet, the Spanish flue pandemic is largely forgotten today. In this narrative, the author recounts the course of the pandemic during the panic-striken months of 1918 and 1919, measures its impact on American society, and probes the curious loss of national memory of this cataclysmic event. In this new edition, with a new preface discussing the recent outbreaks of diseases, including the Asian flu, and the SARS epidemic, this book remains both prescient and relevant. A clean very presentable copy.