From the Publisher
Using numerous primary sources, the writers have produced firsthand accounts of the outbreak in regions of the West largely neglected in other histories. In addition to providing descriptions of the virus and mechanisms of its variation, the writers emphasize social and political conditions that played significant roles in the outbreak. Highly recommended. CHOICE
The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 examines the developments of a landmark epidemic in places — such as provincial Spain — that have received insufficient attention from researchers. An original and valuable study that contributes to medical historiography and to the contemporary study of medicine. —Marcos Cueto, Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro