Epidemic Encounters: Influenza, Society, and Culture in Canada, 1918-20

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Epidemic Encounters

Influenza, Society, and Culture in Canada, 1918-20

Edited by: Magda Fahrni and Esyllt W. Jones

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2012

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A timely exploration of a medical crisis that continues to fascinate and preoccupy medical and political authorities throughout the world.

A multidisciplinary exploration of Canada’s experience of illness and death during the 1918-20 influenza pandemic.

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Magda Fahrni is an associate professor in the Department of History at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Esyllt W. Jones is an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Manitoba.

Contributors: Francis Dubois, Denis Goulet, D. Ann Herring, Mark Osborne Humphries, Mary-Ellen Kelm, Ellen Korol, Heather MacDougall, Linda Quiney, Karen Slonim, and Jean-Pierre Thouez.

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J.T.H. Connor, John Clinch Professor of Medical Humanities and History of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland:

This timely book undertakes a detailed and rigorous analysis of the 1918 flu epidemic as it affected Canada. It is a welcome addition to Canadian medical historiography, as well as the international literature of this pandemic.

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Figures and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Magda Fahrni and Esyllt Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Public Responses to the Influenza Pandemic in Canada
The Limits of Necessity: Public Health, Dissent, and the War Effort during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic Mark Osborne Humphries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
“Rendering Valuable Service”: The Politics of Nursing during the 1918-19 Influenza Crisis Linda Quiney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
“Respectfully Submitted”: Citizens and Public Letter Writing during Montreal’s Influenza Epidemic, 1918–20 Magda Fahrni Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
Who Contracted Influenza and Why?
The North-South Divide: Social Inequality and Mortality from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Hamilton, Ontario D. Ann Herring and Ellen Korol Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Beyond Biology: Understanding the Social Impact of Infectious Disease in Two Aboriginal Communities Karen Slonim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
A Geographical Analysis of the Spread of Spanish Influenza in Quebec, 1918–20 Francis Dubois, Jean-Pierre Thouez and Denis Goulet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
Influenza and the Limits of Modernity
Flu Stories: Engaging with Disease, Death, and Modernity in British Columbia, 1918-19 Mary-Ellen Kelm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Spectral Influenza: Winnipeg’s Hamilton Family, Interwar Spiritualism, and Pandemic Disease Esyllt Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Influenza and Public Health in the Contemporary Context
Toronto’s Health Department in Action: Influenza in 1918 and SARS in 2003 Heather Macdougall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Conclusion Esyllt Jones and Magda Fahrni Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	266
Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	272
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	282

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eBook published on:

May 24, 2012

eBook ISBN:

9780774822145

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304

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13 tables, 2 maps, 7 charts, 5 photos

https://doi.org/10.59962/9780774822145

eBook ISBN: 9780774822145

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