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Publication NameAmerican Pandemic : the Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2012
SubjectUnited States / 20th Century, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, United States / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaMedical, History
AuthorNancy K. Bristow
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Reviews"Now among the best of the post-Second World War publications on the great pandemic of the First World War is American Pandemic. Among her book's virtues is its voluminous bibliography stretching for pages and pages which ranks as essential for all students of the subject." --Journal of the History of Medicine "Building on Alfred Crosby's ground-breaking study, as well as an incredible amount of original research, this work on the 1918-1920 influenza pandemic offers a personal, professional, and official account of how Americans came to grips with la grippe, while also reflecting on how the nation's collective memory has been shaped by ignoring this tragedy. A rewarding read and highly recommended." --Historian "[An] excellent social and cultural history of the outbreak. Bristow's work is thoroughly researched. Each chapter draws on a significant number of government records, medical journals, and newspaper articles of the time as well as letters, notes, and diary entries. The result is another fine addition to the recent scholarship of this important event in American history." --Journal of American History "This readable and compelling account explains the role of race, gender and class, promotion of physical fitness and public education, and America's public health strategy during the influenza epidemics in 1918, 1919, 1920, and 1922. Bristow's work distinguishes itself with her emphasis on influenza epidemics beyond 1918-1919, the roles of physicians and nurses, the importance of public health nursing, and the personal revelation that she lost great-grandparents due to influenza." --Doody's Book Reviews "[A]n intimate account of the individual and private sufferings of millions of Americans. Based on solid, comprehensive research, the volume is readable and vivid in language and example...[T]he author breathes life into stories of death...An impressive and important book for students, historians, and lay readers. Highly recommended." --CHOICE "Now among the best of the post-Second World War publications on the great pandemic of the First World War" - Alfred Crosby, Journal of the History of Medicine "Bristow has written a thoroughly researched and readable book documenting how different groups of Americans experienced and then remembered the influenza epidemic of 1918. Replete with large amounts of new information, this book is a major contribution to the historiography of both the flu and epidemic diseases more broadly."--Barron H. Lerner, author of The Breast Cancer Wars "A gifted story-teller, Bristow shows how the 1918 influenza pandemic affected Americans of all walks of life. American Pandemic is a masterful work of social and medical history that reminds why this dramatic episode matters to public health and the national imagination."--Alexandra Minna Stern, University of Michigan "Well written, engaging......Recommended especially for academic readers and specialists" - Library Journal "A richly detailed picture of American society as it experienced an extraordinary trauma -one that shook a newly-established confidence in the efficacy of medicine and the responsiveness of civil society. Doctors, nurses, the friends and families of the sick all play a part in this carefully and imaginatively researched and lucidly written account of America's last great epidemic."--Charles Rosenberg, Harvard University "An excellent social and cultural history of the outbreak. Bristow expertly delves into the tragedy and seeks to reconcile the 'public amnesia' of the nation with the private remembering of individuals." - Journal of American History and their families, including her own, "[A]n intimate account of the individual and private sufferings of millions of Americans. Based on solid, comprehensive research, the volume is readable and vivid in language and example...[T]he author breathes life into stories of death...An impressive and important book for students, historians, and lay readers. Highly recommended." --CHOICE "Now among the best of the post-Second World War publications on the great pandemic of the First World War" - Alfred Crosby, Journal of the History of Medicine "Bristow has written a thoroughly researched and readable book documenting how different groups of Americans experienced and then remembered the influenza epidemic of 1918. Replete with large amounts of new information, this book is a major contribution to the historiography of both the flu and epidemic diseases more broadly."--Barron H. Lerner, author ofThe Breast Cancer Wars "A gifted story-teller, Bristow shows how the 1918 influenza pandemic affected Americans of all walks of life.American Pandemicis a masterful work of social and medical history that reminds why this dramatic episode matters to public health and the national imagination."--Alexandra Minna Stern, University of Michigan "Well written, engaging......Recommended especially for academic readers and specialists" -Library Journal "A richly detailed picture of American society as it experienced an extraordinary trauma -one that shook a newly-established confidence in the efficacy of medicine and the responsiveness of civil society. Doctors, nurses, the friends and families of the sick all play a part in this carefully and imaginatively researched and lucidly written account of America's last great epidemic."--Charles Rosenberg, Harvard University, "Now among the best of the post-Second World War publications on the great pandemic of the First World War is American Pandemic. Among her book's virtues is its voluminous bibliography stretching for pages and pages which ranks as essential for all students of the subject." --Journal of the History of Medicine"Building on Alfred Crosby's ground-breaking study, as well as an incredible amount of original research, this work on the 1918-1920 influenza pandemic offers a personal, professional, and official account of how Americans came to grips with la grippe, while also reflecting on how the nation's collective memory has been shaped by ignoring this tragedy. A rewarding read and highly recommended." --Historian"[An] excellent social and cultural history of the outbreak. Bristow's work is thoroughly researched. Each chapter draws on a significant number of government records, medical journals, and newspaper articles of the time as well as letters, notes, and diary entries. The result is another fine addition to the recent scholarship of this important event in American history." --Journal of American History"This readable and compelling account explains the role of race, gender and class, promotion of physical fitness and public education, and America's public health strategy during the influenza epidemics in 1918, 1919, 1920, and 1922. Bristow's work distinguishes itself with her emphasis on influenza epidemics beyond 1918-1919, the roles of physicians and nurses, the importance of public health nursing, and the personal revelation that she lost great-grandparents due to influenza." --Doody's Book Reviews "[A]n intimate account of the individual and private sufferings of millions of Americans. Based on solid, comprehensive research, the volume is readable and vivid in language and example...[T]he author breathes life into stories of death...An impressive and important book for students, historians, and lay readers. Highly recommended." --CHOICE"Now among the best of the post-Second World War publications on the great pandemic of the First World War" - Alfred Crosby, Journal of the History of Medicine "Bristow has written a thoroughly researched and readable book documenting how different groups of Americans experienced and then remembered the influenza epidemic of 1918. Replete with large amounts of new information, this book is a major contribution to the historiography of both the flu and epidemic diseases more broadly."--Barron H. Lerner, author of The Breast Cancer Wars "A gifted story-teller, Bristow shows how the 1918 influenza pandemic affected Americans of all walks of life. American Pandemic is a masterful work of social and medical history that reminds why this dramatic episode matters to public health and the national imagination."--Alexandra Minna Stern, University of Michigan "Well written, engaging......Recommended especially for academic readers and specialists" - Library Journal"A richly detailed picture of American society as it experienced an extraordinary trauma -one that shook a newly-established confidence in the efficacy of medicine and the responsiveness of civil society. Doctors, nurses, the friends and families of the sick all play a part in this carefully and imaginatively researched and lucidly written account of America's last great epidemic."--Charles Rosenberg, Harvard University"An excellent social and cultural history of the outbreak. Bristow expertly delves into the tragedy and seeks to reconcile the 'public amnesia' of the nation with the private remembering of individuals." - Journal of American History and their families, including her own, "Now among the best of the post-Second World War publications on the great pandemic of the First World War is American Pandemic. Among her book's virtues is its voluminous bibliography stretching for pages and pages which ranks as essential for all students of the subject." --Journal of the History of Medicine"Building on Alfred Crosby's ground-breaking study, as well as an incredible amount of original research, this work on the 1918-1920 influenza pandemic offers a personal, professional, and official account of how Americans came to grips with la grippe, while also reflecting on how the nation's collective memory has been shaped by ignoring this tragedy. A rewarding read and highly recommended." --Historian"[An] excellent social and cultural history of the outbreak. Bristow's work is thoroughly researched. Each chapter draws on a significant number of government records, medical journals, and newspaper articles of the time as well as letters, notes, and diary entries. The result is another fine addition to the recent scholarship of this important event in American history." --Journal of American History"This readable and compelling account explains the role of race, gender and class, promotion of physical fitness and public education, and America's public health strategy during the influenza epidemics in 1918, 1919, 1920, and 1922. Bristow's work distinguishes itself with her emphasis on influenza epidemics beyond 1918-1919, the roles of physicians and nurses, the importance of public health nursing, and the personal revelation that she lostgreat-grandparents due to influenza." --Doody's Book Reviews"[A]n intimate account of the individual and private sufferings of millions of Americans. Based on solid, comprehensive research, the volume is readable and vivid in language and example...[T]he author breathes life into stories of death...An impressive and important book for students, historians, and lay readers. Highly recommended." --CHOICE"Now among the best of the post-Second World War publications on the great pandemic of the First World War" - Alfred Crosby, Journal of the History of Medicine"Bristow has written a thoroughly researched and readable book documenting how different groups of Americans experienced and then remembered the influenza epidemic of 1918. Replete with large amounts of new information, this book is a major contribution to the historiography of both the flu and epidemic diseases more broadly."--Barron H. Lerner, author of The Breast Cancer Wars"A gifted story-teller, Bristow shows how the 1918 influenza pandemic affected Americans of all walks of life. American Pandemic is a masterful work of social and medical history that reminds why this dramatic episode matters to public health and the national imagination."--Alexandra Minna Stern, University of Michigan"Well written, engaging......Recommended especially for academic readers and specialists" - Library Journal"A richly detailed picture of American society as it experienced an extraordinary trauma -one that shook a newly-established confidence in the efficacy of medicine and the responsiveness of civil society. Doctors, nurses, the friends and families of the sick all play a part in this carefully and imaginatively researched and lucidly written account of America's last great epidemic."--Charles Rosenberg, Harvard University"An excellent social and cultural history of the outbreak. Bristow expertly delves into the tragedy and seeks to reconcile the 'public amnesia' of the nation with the private remembering of individuals." - Journal of American History and their families, including her own, "Now among the best of the post-Second World War publications on the great pandemic of the First World War" - Alfred Crosby, Journal of the History of Medicine "Bristow has written a thoroughly researched and readable book documenting how different groups of Americans experienced and then remembered the influenza epidemic of 1918. Replete with large amounts of new information, this book is a major contribution to the historiography of both the flu and epidemic diseases more broadly."--Barron H. Lerner, author ofThe Breast Cancer Wars "A gifted story-teller, Bristow shows how the 1918 influenza pandemic affected Americans of all walks of life.American Pandemicis a masterful work of social and medical history that reminds why this dramatic episode matters to public health and the national imagination."--Alexandra Minna Stern, University of Michigan "Well written, engaging......Recommended especially for academic readers and specialists" -Library Journal "A richly detailed picture of American society as it experienced an extraordinary trauma -one that shook a newly-established confidence in the efficacy of medicine and the responsiveness of civil society. Doctors, nurses, the friends and families of the sick all play a part in this carefully and imaginatively researched and lucidly written account of America's last great epidemic."--Charles Rosenberg, Harvard University, "[An] excellent social and cultural history of the outbreak. Bristow's work is thoroughly researched. Each chapter draws on a significant number of government records, medical journals, and newspaper articles of the time as well as letters, notes, and diary entries. The result is another fine addition to the recent scholarship of this important event in American history." --Journal of American History "This readable and compelling account explains the role of race, gender and class, promotion of physical fitness and public education, and America's public health strategy during the influenza epidemics in 1918, 1919, 1920, and 1922. Bristow's work distinguishes itself with her emphasis on influenza epidemics beyond 1918-1919, the roles of physicians and nurses, the importance of public health nursing, and the personal revelation that she lost great-grandparents due to influenza." --Doody's Book Reviews "[A]n intimate account of the individual and private sufferings of millions of Americans. Based on solid, comprehensive research, the volume is readable and vivid in language and example...[T]he author breathes life into stories of death...An impressive and important book for students, historians, and lay readers. Highly recommended." --CHOICE "Now among the best of the post-Second World War publications on the great pandemic of the First World War" - Alfred Crosby, Journal of the History of Medicine "Bristow has written a thoroughly researched and readable book documenting how different groups of Americans experienced and then remembered the influenza epidemic of 1918. Replete with large amounts of new information, this book is a major contribution to the historiography of both the flu and epidemic diseases more broadly."--Barron H. Lerner, author of The Breast Cancer Wars "A gifted story-teller, Bristow shows how the 1918 influenza pandemic affected Americans of all walks of life. American Pandemic is a masterful work of social and medical history that reminds why this dramatic episode matters to public health and the national imagination."--Alexandra Minna Stern, University of Michigan "Well written, engaging......Recommended especially for academic readers and specialists" - Library Journal "A richly detailed picture of American society as it experienced an extraordinary trauma -one that shook a newly-established confidence in the efficacy of medicine and the responsiveness of civil society. Doctors, nurses, the friends and families of the sick all play a part in this carefully and imaginatively researched and lucidly written account of America's last great epidemic."--Charles Rosenberg, Harvard University "An excellent social and cultural history of the outbreak. Bristow expertly delves into the tragedy and seeks to reconcile the 'public amnesia' of the nation with the private remembering of individuals." - Journal of American History and their families, including her own, "This readable and compelling account explains the role of race, gender and class, promotion of physical fitness and public education, and America's public health strategy during the influenza epidemics in 1918, 1919, 1920, and 1922. Bristow's work distinguishes itself with her emphasis on influenza epidemics beyond 1918-1919, the roles of physicians and nurses, the importance of public health nursing, and the personal revelation that she lost great-grandparents due to influenza." --Doody's Book Reviews "[A]n intimate account of the individual and private sufferings of millions of Americans. Based on solid, comprehensive research, the volume is readable and vivid in language and example...[T]he author breathes life into stories of death...An impressive and important book for students, historians, and lay readers. Highly recommended." --CHOICE "Now among the best of the post-Second World War publications on the great pandemic of the First World War" - Alfred Crosby, Journal of the History of Medicine "Bristow has written a thoroughly researched and readable book documenting how different groups of Americans experienced and then remembered the influenza epidemic of 1918. Replete with large amounts of new information, this book is a major contribution to the historiography of both the flu and epidemic diseases more broadly."--Barron H. Lerner, author of The Breast Cancer Wars "A gifted story-teller, Bristow shows how the 1918 influenza pandemic affected Americans of all walks of life. American Pandemic is a masterful work of social and medical history that reminds why this dramatic episode matters to public health and the national imagination."--Alexandra Minna Stern, University of Michigan "Well written, engaging......Recommended especially for academic readers and specialists" - Library Journal "A richly detailed picture of American society as it experienced an extraordinary trauma -one that shook a newly-established confidence in the efficacy of medicine and the responsiveness of civil society. Doctors, nurses, the friends and families of the sick all play a part in this carefully and imaginatively researched and lucidly written account of America's last great epidemic."--Charles Rosenberg, Harvard University "An excellent social and cultural history of the outbreak. Bristow expertly delves into the tragedy and seeks to reconcile the 'public amnesia' of the nation with the private remembering of individuals." - Journal of American History and their families, including her own, "A richly detailed picture of American society as it experienced an extraordinary trauma -one that shook a newly-established confidence in the efficacy of medicine and the responsiveness of civil society. Doctors, nurses, the friends and families of the sick all play a part in this carefully and imaginatively researched and lucidly written account of America's last great epidemic."--Charles Rosenberg, Harvard University "Bristow has written a thoroughly researched and readable book documenting how different groups of Americans experienced and then remembered the influenza epidemic of 1918. Replete with large amounts of new information, this book is a major contribution to the historiography of both the flu and epidemic diseases more broadly."--Barron H. Lerner, author ofThe Breast Cancer Wars "A gifted story-teller, Bristow shows how the 1918 influenza pandemic affected Americans of all walks of life.American Pandemicis a masterful work of social and medical history that reminds why this dramatic episode matters to public health and the national imagination."--Alexandra Minna Stern, University of Michigan, "Building on Alfred Crosby's ground-breaking study, as well as an incredible amount of original research, this work on the 1918-1920 influenza pandemic offers a personal, professional, and official accoutn of how Americans came to grips with la grippe, while also reflecting on how the nation's collective memory has been shaped by ignoring this tragedy. A rewarding read and highly recommended." --Historian "[An] excellent social and cultural history of the outbreak. Bristow's work is thoroughly researched. Each chapter draws on a significant number of government records, medical journals, and newspaper articles of the time as well as letters, notes, and diary entries. The result is another fine addition to the recent scholarship of this important event in American history." --Journal of American History "This readable and compelling account explains the role of race, gender and class, promotion of physical fitness and public education, and America's public health strategy during the influenza epidemics in 1918, 1919, 1920, and 1922. Bristow's work distinguishes itself with her emphasis on influenza epidemics beyond 1918-1919, the roles of physicians and nurses, the importance of public health nursing, and the personal revelation that she lost great-grandparents due to influenza." --Doody's Book Reviews "[A]n intimate account of the individual and private sufferings of millions of Americans. Based on solid, comprehensive research, the volume is readable and vivid in language and example...[T]he author breathes life into stories of death...An impressive and important book for students, historians, and lay readers. Highly recommended." --CHOICE "Now among the best of the post-Second World War publications on the great pandemic of the First World War" - Alfred Crosby, Journal of the History of Medicine "Bristow has written a thoroughly researched and readable book documenting how different groups of Americans experienced and then remembered the influenza epidemic of 1918. Replete with large amounts of new information, this book is a major contribution to the historiography of both the flu and epidemic diseases more broadly."--Barron H. Lerner, author of The Breast Cancer Wars "A gifted story-teller, Bristow shows how the 1918 influenza pandemic affected Americans of all walks of life. American Pandemic is a masterful work of social and medical history that reminds why this dramatic episode matters to public health and the national imagination."--Alexandra Minna Stern, University of Michigan "Well written, engaging......Recommended especially for academic readers and specialists" - Library Journal "A richly detailed picture of American society as it experienced an extraordinary trauma -one that shook a newly-established confidence in the efficacy of medicine and the responsiveness of civil society. Doctors, nurses, the friends and families of the sick all play a part in this carefully and imaginatively researched and lucidly written account of America's last great epidemic."--Charles Rosenberg, Harvard University "An excellent social and cultural history of the outbreak. Bristow expertly delves into the tragedy and seeks to reconcile the 'public amnesia' of the nation with the private remembering of individuals." - Journal of American History and their families, including her own
Dewey Edition23
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal614.5/180973
Table Of ContentAcknowledgmentsPreface1. "Influenza has apparently become domesticated with us": Influenza, Medicine and the Public, 1890-19182. "The whole world seems up-side-down": Patients, Families and Communities in the Epidemic3. "Let our experience be of value to other communities": Public Health Experts and the Public4. "The experience was one I shall never forget": Doctors, Nurses and the Challenges of the Epidemic5. "The terrible and wonderful experience": Forgetting and Remembering in the AftermathEpilogue: The Costs of Public AmnesiaAbbreviationsNotesBibliographyIndex
SynopsisBetween 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 the United States. American Pandemic offers a much-needed corrective to the silence surrounding the influenza outbreak. It sheds light on the social andcultural 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 thisdrama--patients and their families, friends, and community, public health experts, and health care professionals--historian Nancy K. Bristow draws on multiple perspectives to highlight the complex interplay between social identity, cultural norms, memory, and the epidemic. Bristow 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 thepandemic 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 differencesand 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, Bristow 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 importantchapter 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., 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. American Pandemic offers a much-needed 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 - patients and their families, friends, and community, public health experts, and health care professionals - historian Nancy K. Bristow draws on multiple perspectives to highlight the complex interplay between social identity, cultural norms, memory, and the epidemic. Bristow 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, Bristow 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., 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 the United States.
LC Classification NumberRA644.I6B75 2012
