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Influenza and inequality : one town's tragic response to the great epidemic of 1918
- Title
- Influenza and inequality : one town's tragic response to the great epidemic of 1918 / Patricia J. Fanning.
- Author
- Fanning, Patricia J.
- Publication
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | RA644.I6 F36 2010 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 167 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- Explores the sociological, psychological, and political aspects of the influenza epidemic of 1918 in Norwood, Massachusetts, where immigrant neighborhoods were more affected by the disease.
- Subject
- 1918-1919
- Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 > Massachusetts > Norwood > History
- Immigrants > Health and hygiene > History. > Massachusetts > Norwood
- Discrimination > Massachusetts > Norwood > History
- Immigrants
- Prejudices
- Influenza, Human > history
- Influenza, Human > epidemiology
- Emigrants and Immigrants
- Prejudice
- Disease Outbreaks > history
- History, 20th Century
- immigrants
- emigrants
- Prejudices
- Immigrants
- Discrimination
- Immigrants > Health and hygiene
- Spanska sjukan > Förenta staterna > 1900-talet
- Influensa > historia > Förenta staterna > 1900-talet
- Massachusetts
- Massachusetts > Norwood
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Influenza strikes -- The stratification of a New England town -- Reforms and restrictions -- The view from across the tracks -- The epidemic peaks -- The epidemic experience -- The January wave -- The political backlash and the Palmer raids.
- ISBN
- 9781558498129
- 1558498125
- 9781558498112
- 1558498117
- LCCN
- 2010014693
- OCLC
- ocn475454076
- 475454076
- SCSB-1572978
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library