Stacking the coffins : influenza, war and revolution in Ireland, 1918-19 /
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.
Saved in:
| Online Access: |
Full text (MCPHS users only) |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2018
|
| Series: | Manchester History of Medicine
|
| Subjects: | |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- 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
