| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 224 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Foley; Front Matter; Contents; Foreword; List of Illustrations, Graphs and Maps; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction 'The story of a new disease; Chapter 1 'The country is thoroughly infected': The Geography of the New Influenza; Chapter 2 'An tinneas mór': The Demography of the Epidemic; Chapter 3 An 'influential presence': The Social Impact of the Great Flu; Chapter 4 'The flu, God help us': Fear in the Epidemic; Chapter 5 'That terrible time': Medical Response to the Outbreak; Chapter 6 'The responsible authority': Responsibility and Accountability During the Epidemic |
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Chapter 7 Putting Order on Disease: Naming and Understanding the Great FluChapter 8 'The plague will long be remembered'?; Chapter 9 Consequences; Conclusion A 'tale of disaster'?; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-216) and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 -- Ireland
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Influenza, Human -- history
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Influenza, Human -- epidemiology
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Epidemics -- history
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History, 20th Century
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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| SUBJECT |
Ireland. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79063445
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Ireland https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007494 |
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Ireland -- epidemiology https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007494Q000453 |
| Subject |
Ireland
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011414003 |
| ISBN |
9780716531647 |
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071653164X |
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