Influenza and inequality : one town's tragic response to the great epidemic of 1918 /

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The influenza epidemic of 1918 was one of the worst medical disasters in human history, taking close to thirty million lives worldwide in less than a year, including more than 500,000 in the United States. What made this pandemic even more frightening was the fact that it occurred when death rates f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fanning, Patricia J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2010.
Temas:
1918-1919
Discrimination > Massachusetts > Norwood > History.
Immigrants > Health and hygiene > Massachusetts > Norwood > History.
Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 > Massachusetts > Norwood > History.
Prejudices.
Immigrants.
Influenza, Human > history
Influenza, Human > epidemiology
Prejudice
History, 20th Century
Emigrants and Immigrants
Disease Outbreaks > history
Épidémie de grippe espagnole, 1918-1919 > Massachusetts > Norwood > Histoire.
Préjugés.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
emigrants.
immigrants.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Discrimination.
Immigrants > Health and hygiene.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts > Norwood.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Influenza strikes
  • The stratification of a New England town
  • Reforms and restrictions
  • The view from across the tracks
  • The epidemic peaks
  • The epidemic experience
  • The January wave
  • The political backlash and the Palmer raids.

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