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Epidemic Encounters: Influenza, Society, and Culture in Canada, 1918-20
. Ed(S): Fahrni, Magda; Jones, Esyllt W.
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Description for Epidemic Encounters: Influenza, Society, and Culture in Canada, 1918-20
hardcover. A multidisciplinary exploration of Canada's experience of illness and death during the 1918-20 influenza pandemic. Editor(s): Fahrni, Magda; Jones, Esyllt W. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJG; MBNS; MBS; MJCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
Health crises such as the SARS epidemic and H1N1 have rekindled interest among historians, medical authorities, and government officials in the 1918 influenza pandemic, a crisis that swept the globe in the wake of the First World War and killed approximately 50 million people.
Epidemic Encounters zeroes in on Canada, where one-third of the population took ill and fifty-five thousand people died, to consider the various ways in which this country was affected by the pandemic. How did military and medical authorities, health care workers, and ordinary citizens respond? What role did social inequalities play in determining who survived? To answer ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
UBC Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774822121
SKU
V9780774822121
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About . Ed(S): Fahrni, Magda; Jones, Esyllt W.
Magda Fahrni is an associate professor in the Department of History at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Esyllt W. Jones is an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Manitoba. Contributors: Francis Dubois, Denis Goulet, D. Ann Herring, Mark Osborne Humphries, Mary-Ellen Kelm, Ellen Korol, Heather MacDougall, Linda Quiney, Karen Slonim, and Jean-Pierre Thouez. ... Read more
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