The Resource American pandemic : the lost worlds of the 1918 influenza epidemic, Nancy K. Bristow
American pandemic : the lost worlds of the 1918 influenza epidemic, Nancy K. Bristow
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- Summary
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- Between the years 1918 and1920, influenza raged around the globe in the worst pandemic in recorded history, killing at least fifty million people, more than half a million of them Americans. Yet despite the devastation, this catastrophic event seems but a forgotten moment in our nation's past. This work offers a corrective to the silence surrounding the influenza outbreak. It sheds light on the social and cultural history of Americans during the pandemic, uncovering both the causes of the nation's public amnesia and the depth of the quiet remembering that endured. Focused on the primary players in this drama such as patients and their families, friends, and community, public health experts, and health care professionals, the author, a historian, and great-granddaughter of two of the pandemic's fatalities, draws on multiple perspectives to highlight the complex interplay between social identity, cultural norms, memory, and the epidemic. She has combed a wealth of primary sources, including letters, diaries, oral histories, memoirs, novels, newspapers, magazines, photographs, government documents, and health care literature. She shows that though the pandemic caused massive disruption in the most basic patterns of American life, influenza did not create long-term social or cultural change, serving instead to reinforce the status quo and the differences and disparities that defined American life. As the crisis waned, the pandemic slipped from the nation's public memory. The helplessness and despair Americans had suffered during the pandemic, she notes, was a story poorly suited to a nation focused on optimism and progress. For countless survivors, though, the trauma never ended, shadowing the remainder of their lives with memories of loss. This book lets us hear these long-silent voices, reclaiming an important chapter in the American past
- "In 1918-1919 influenza raged around the globe in the worst pandemic in recorded history. Focusing on those closest to the crisis--patients, families, communities, public health officials, nurses and doctors--this book explores the epidemic in the United States"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 280 p.
- Contents
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- Lost worlds
- "Influenza has apparently become domesticated with us" : influenza, medicine and the public, 1890-1918
- "The whole world seems up-side-down" : patients, families and communities confront the epidemic
- "Let our experience be of value to other communities" : public health experts, the people, and progressivism
- "The experience was one I shall never forget" : doctors, nurses, and challenges of the epidemic
- "The terrible and wonderful experience" : forgetting and remembering the aftermath
- Reckoning the costs of amnesia.
- Isbn
- 9780199811342
- Label
- American pandemic : the lost worlds of the 1918 influenza epidemic
- Title
- American pandemic
- Title remainder
- the lost worlds of the 1918 influenza epidemic
- Statement of responsibility
- Nancy K. Bristow
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- Between the years 1918 and1920, influenza raged around the globe in the worst pandemic in recorded history, killing at least fifty million people, more than half a million of them Americans. Yet despite the devastation, this catastrophic event seems but a forgotten moment in our nation's past. This work offers a corrective to the silence surrounding the influenza outbreak. It sheds light on the social and cultural history of Americans during the pandemic, uncovering both the causes of the nation's public amnesia and the depth of the quiet remembering that endured. Focused on the primary players in this drama such as patients and their families, friends, and community, public health experts, and health care professionals, the author, a historian, and great-granddaughter of two of the pandemic's fatalities, draws on multiple perspectives to highlight the complex interplay between social identity, cultural norms, memory, and the epidemic. She has combed a wealth of primary sources, including letters, diaries, oral histories, memoirs, novels, newspapers, magazines, photographs, government documents, and health care literature. She shows that though the pandemic caused massive disruption in the most basic patterns of American life, influenza did not create long-term social or cultural change, serving instead to reinforce the status quo and the differences and disparities that defined American life. As the crisis waned, the pandemic slipped from the nation's public memory. The helplessness and despair Americans had suffered during the pandemic, she notes, was a story poorly suited to a nation focused on optimism and progress. For countless survivors, though, the trauma never ended, shadowing the remainder of their lives with memories of loss. This book lets us hear these long-silent voices, reclaiming an important chapter in the American past
- "In 1918-1919 influenza raged around the globe in the worst pandemic in recorded history. Focusing on those closest to the crisis--patients, families, communities, public health officials, nurses and doctors--this book explores the epidemic in the United States"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1958-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bristow, Nancy K.
- Dewey number
- 614.5/180973
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RA644.I6
- LC item number
- B75 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Influenza
- Epidemics
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General
- MEDICAL / History
- Epidemics
- Influenza
- Influenza, Human
- Epidemics
- United States
- Label
- American pandemic : the lost worlds of the 1918 influenza epidemic, Nancy K. Bristow
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-274) and index
- Contents
- Lost worlds -- "Influenza has apparently become domesticated with us" : influenza, medicine and the public, 1890-1918 -- "The whole world seems up-side-down" : patients, families and communities confront the epidemic -- "Let our experience be of value to other communities" : public health experts, the people, and progressivism -- "The experience was one I shall never forget" : doctors, nurses, and challenges of the epidemic -- "The terrible and wonderful experience" : forgetting and remembering the aftermath -- Reckoning the costs of amnesia.
- Control code
- 000154803
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 280 p.
- Isbn
- 9780199811342
- Isbn Type
- (hardback : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2011039800
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) 154803
- (OCoLC)758391854
- Label
- American pandemic : the lost worlds of the 1918 influenza epidemic, Nancy K. Bristow
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-274) and index
- Contents
- Lost worlds -- "Influenza has apparently become domesticated with us" : influenza, medicine and the public, 1890-1918 -- "The whole world seems up-side-down" : patients, families and communities confront the epidemic -- "Let our experience be of value to other communities" : public health experts, the people, and progressivism -- "The experience was one I shall never forget" : doctors, nurses, and challenges of the epidemic -- "The terrible and wonderful experience" : forgetting and remembering the aftermath -- Reckoning the costs of amnesia.
- Control code
- 000154803
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 280 p.
- Isbn
- 9780199811342
- Isbn Type
- (hardback : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2011039800
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 154803
- (OCoLC)758391854
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