Milne, Ida,

Stacking the coffins : influenza, war and revolution in Ireland, 1918-19 / Ida Milne. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (x, 263 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts - Manchester History of Medicine .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Intro; Front matter; Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Figures and tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; A 'mysterious malady' -- or a 'perfect storm'?; The flu: a news perspective; Counting the ill and the dead; 'Managing' the crisis; The doctors' view: medical puzzle, politics and search for cures; Hospitals and other institutions: coping with crises; Dying and surviving: eye witnesses; Influenza as a political tool; Epilogue: the long aftermath; Select bibliography; Index

A social history of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic's effects on an Ireland where normal patterns of life were disturbed by war and the growing separatist movement. The influenza seemed to disrupt every aspect of Irish life - culture, economics, politics, medicine and family life.



9781526122704 9781526122728

GBB849612 bnb

018787936 Uk


Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919--History.--Ireland


Electronic Books.

RC150 / .S733 2018