Stacking the coffins : influenza, war and revolution in Ireland, 1918-19 /

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A social history of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic's effects on an Ireland where normal patterns of life were disturbed by war and the growing separatist movement. The influenza seemed to disrupt every aspect of Irish life - culture, economics, politics, medicine and family life.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Milne, Ida (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018.
Collection:Manchester History of Medicine
Sujets:
1918-1919
Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 > Ireland > History.
Influenza Pandemic, 1918-1919 > history
Épidémie de grippe espagnole, 1918-1919 > Irlande > Histoire.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Ireland.
Ireland
Irlande.
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Intro; Front matter; Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Figures and tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; A 'mysterious malady'
  • or a 'perfect storm'?; The flu: a news perspective; Counting the ill and the dead; 'Managing' the crisis; The doctors' view: medical puzzle, politics and search for cures; Hospitals and other institutions: coping with crises; Dying and surviving: eye witnesses; Influenza as a political tool; Epilogue: the long aftermath; Select bibliography; Index

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