The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919: Perspectives from the Iberian Peninsula and the Americas

The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 sheds new light on what the World Health Organization described as "the single most devastating infectious disease outbreak ever recorded" by situating the Iberian Peninsula as the key point of connection, both epidemiologically and discursively, between Europe and the Americas. The essays in this volume elucidate specific aspects of the pandemic that have received minimal attention until now, including...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580464963
• ISBN13: 9781580464963
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"