The Flu Epidemic of 1918: America's Experience in the Global Health Crisis

by Sandra Opdycke

Book Overview

In 1918, a devastating world-wide influenza epidemic hit the United States. Killing over 600,000 Americans and causing the national death rate to jump 30% in a single year, the outbreak obstructed the country's participation in World War I and imposed terrible challenges on communities across the United States.

This epidemic provides an ideal lens for understanding the history of infectious disease in the United States. The Flu Epidemic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041563685X
• ISBN13: 9780415636858
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"