The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 : New Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780415234450 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 384 str.

Howard Phillips; David Killingray

Opis

The Spanish Flu pandemic killed 30-50 million people in Europe, North America, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and is lodged in the popular memory of that generation. The chapters in this book have been structured around five main themes to explore the medical and societal ramifications of this disease: the virology of the pandemic, medical responses, official responses, the demographic impact and the long-term effects of the pandemic. The origins of the virus, the global spread, impact and consequences of the pandemic are all explored in detail.

Spis treści

Part I: Virological and Pathological Perspectives
Part II: Contemporary Medical and Nursing Perspectives
Part III: Official Responses to the Pandemic
Part IV: The Demographic Impact
Part V: Long-Term Consequences and Memories
Part VI: Epidemiological Lessons of the Pandemic

O autorze

Howard Phillips, South African by birth, studied at the University of Cape Town and London University before joining the staff of the History Department at UCT in 1974. Since completing his doctoral thesis on the impact of the Spanish flu pandemic on South Africa (which was published in 1990), he has researched, taught and written on the medical history of South Africa. In 1998, together with David Killingray, he organised the first international conference on the influenza pandemic of 1918–19.David Killingray was born in 1939. He studied at the London School of Economics, the University of York, and the School of Oriental and African Studies where he gained a PhD in African history. He was a school teacher for 12 years in the UK and Tanzania. In 1972 he joined Goldsmiths College, University of London, where he is now Professor of Modern History. He has written books and many articles on aspects of African, Imperial, Caribbean and English local history, and has just completed a book on African soldiers in the Second World War.