America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918
by Alfred W. Crosby
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0521541751
- ISBN 13
- 9780521541756
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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€10.68€7.47
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About This Item
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.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015085
- Title
- America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918
- Author
- Alfred W. Crosby
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0521541751
- ISBN 13
- 9780521541756
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2003
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- endemics, pandemics, COVID, Asian Flu, SARS outbreak, Ebola, The Spanish Flu, Fort Riley Kansas, 1918 influenza epidemic, influenza effects, influenza pandemic,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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