The Last Plague : Spanish Influenza and the Politics of Public Health in Canada /

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In The Last Plague, Mark Osborne Humphries examines how federal epidemic disease management strategies developed before the First World War, arguing that the deadliest epidemic in Canadian history ultimately challenged traditional ideas about disease and public health governance. Using federal, prov...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Humphries, Mark Osborne, 1981-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social aspects.
Public health > Political aspects.
Medical policy.
Disease management.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
Medecine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Politique sanitaire > Canada > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Gestion therapeutique > Canada > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Sante publique > Aspect politique > Canada > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Services medicaux et sanitaires > Canada.
Épidemie de grippe espagnole, 1918-1919 > Aspect social > Canada.
Épidemie de grippe espagnole, 1918-1919 > Canada > Histoire.
Pandemics > history
Influenza, Human > history
History, 20th Century
Health Policy > history
Government Regulation > history
Medical policy > Canada > History > 20th century.
Disease management > Canada > History > 20th century.
Public health > Political aspects > Canada > History > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 > Health aspects > Canada.
Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 > Social aspects > Canada.
Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 > Canada > History.
Canada.
Canada
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Establishing the Grand Watch: Epidemics and Public Health, 1832-1883
  • III. 'Everybody's Business is Nobody's Business': Sanitary Science, Social Reform, and Mentalities of Public Health, 1867-1914
  • IV. A Pandemic Prelude: The 1889-90 Influenza Pandemic in Canada
  • V. Happily Rare of Complications: The Flu's First Wave in Canada and the Official Response
  • VI. A Dark and Invisible Fog Descends: The Second Wave of Flu and the Federal Response
  • VII. 'A Terrible Fall for Preventative Medicine': Provincial and Municipal Responses to the Second Wave of Flu
  • VIII. The Trail of Infected Armies: War, the Flu, and the Popular Response
  • IX. 'The Nation's Duty': Creating a Federal Department of Health
  • X. 'Success is somewhere Around the Corner': The Changing Federal Role in Public Health
  • XI. Conclusion
  • XII. Bibliography of Sources Consulted.

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