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Pale rider : the Spanish Flu of 1918 and how it changed the world / Laura Spinney.

Spinney, Laura, (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781541736122
ISBN: 1541736125
Physical Description: viii, 332 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Edition: First US trade paperback edition.
Publisher: New York : PublicAffairs, 2018.
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction : the elephant in the room -- Part one: The unwalled city -- Coughs and sneezes -- The monads of Leibniz -- Part two: Anatomy of a pandemic -- Ripples on a pond -- Like a thief in the night -- Part three: Manhu, or What is it? -- Disease eleven ; The doctors' dilemma ; The wrath of God -- Part four: The survival instinct -- Chalking doors with crosses -- The placebo effect -- Good Samaritans -- Part five: Post mortem -- The hunt for patient zero -- Counting the dead -- Part six: Science redeemed -- Aenigmoplasma influenzae -- Beware the barnyard -- The human factor -- Part seven: The post-flu world -- The green shoots of recovery -- Alternate histories -- Any-science, science -- Healthcare for all -- War and peace -- Melancholy music -- Part eight: Roscoe's legacy -- Afterword : on memory.