Rabu, 13 April 2011

America's Forgotten Pandemic

America's Forgotten Pandemic
Author: Alfred W. Crosby
Edition: 2nd
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0521541751

Between August 1918 and March 1919 the Spanish influenza spread worldwide, claiming over 25 million lives, more people than those perished in the fighting of the First World War. Download America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918 from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. It proved fatal to at least a half-million Americans. Yet, the Spanish flu pandemic is largely forgotten today. In this vivid narrative, Alfred W. Crosby recounts the course of the pandemic during the panic-stricken months of 1918 and 1919, measures its impact on American society, and probes the curious loss of national memory of this cataclysmic event. In a new edition, with a new preface discussing the recent outbreaks of diseases, including the Asian flu and the SARS epidemic, America's Forgotten Pandemic remains both prescient and relevant. Alfred W. Crosby Search and find a lot of medical books in many category availabe for free download. America's Forgotten Pandemic medical books pdf for free. It proved fatal to at least a half-million Americans. Yet, the Spanish flu pandemic is largely forgotten today. In this vivid narrative, Alfred W. Crosby recounts the course of the pandemic during the panic-stricken months of 1918 and 1919, measures its impact on American society, and probes the curious loss of national memory of this cataclysmic event Crosby



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