https://library.icmglt.org/files/original/e629f1db6f9cd8338a2a4308d582405e.jpg 4151d446c124f6506ac90b9a9b77bc01 Electronic Resource View Source <a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2011039800">https://lccn.loc.gov/2011039800</a> Document Type Book Author(s) Nancy K. Bristow Book Title American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic Publication Date 2012 ISBN 9780199811342 Region United States Language English Access Restricted Access Abstract Between the years 1918 and1920, influenza raged around the globe in the worst pandemic in recorded history, killing at least fifty million people, more than half a million of them Americans. Yet despite the devastation, this catastrophic event seems but a forgotten moment in our nation's past. American Pandemic offers a much-needed corrective to the silence surrounding the influenza outbreak. It sheds light on the social and cultural history of Americans during the pandemic, uncovering both the causes of the nation's public amnesia and the depth of the quiet remembering that endured. Focused on the primary players in this drama--patients and their families, friends, and community, public health experts, and health care professionals--historian Nancy K. Bristow draws on multiple perspectives to highlight the complex interplay between social identity, cultural norms, memory, and the epidemic. Bristow has combed a wealth of primary sources, including letters, diaries, oral histories, memoirs, novels, newspapers, magazines, photographs, government documents, and health care literature. She shows that though the pandemic caused massive disruption in the most basic patterns of American life, influenza did not create long-term social or cultural change, serving instead to reinforce the status quo and the differences and disparities that defined American life. As the crisis waned, the pandemic slipped from the nation's public memory. The helplessness and despair Americans had suffered during the pandemic, Bristow notes, was a story poorly suited to a nation focused on optimism and progress. For countless survivors, though, the trauma never ended, shadowing the remainder of their lives with memories of loss. This book lets us hear these long-silent voices, reclaiming an important chapter in the American past. Cataloger Maria Qureshi Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic Subject The topic of the resource Influenza--United States--History--20th century Death Disease Pandemic Public Health United States