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005			20240726105001.0
008			150729s2015 cau ob 001 0 eng d
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050	0	4	_aRA644 _b.P363 2015
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aCaduff, Carlo, _e1
245	1	0	_aThe pandemic perhaps : _bdramatic events in a public culture of danger / _cCarlo Caduff.
260			_aOakland, California : _bUniversity of California Press, _c(c)2015.
300			_a1 online resource
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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505	0	0	_aIntroduction : the shape of things to come -- _tA ferret's sneeze -- _tOn the run -- _tCasualties of contagion -- _tExperiments of concern -- _tA real test -- _tThe great deluge.
520	0		_a"In 2005, American experts sent out urgent warnings throughout the country: a devastating flu pandemic was fast approaching. Influenza was a serious disease, not a seasonal nuisance; it could kill millions of people. If urgent steps were not taken immediately, the pandemic could shut down the economy and 'trigger a reaction that will change the world overnight.' The Pandemic Perhaps explores how American experts framed a catastrophe that never occurred. The urgent threat that was presented to the public produced a profound sense of insecurity, prompting a systematic effort to prepare the population for the coming plague. But when that plague did not arrive, the race to avert it carried on. Paradoxically, it was the absence of disease that made preparedness a permanent project. The Pandemic Perhaps tells the story of what happened when nothing really happened. Drawing on fieldwork among scientists and public health professionals in New York City, it's an investigation of how actors and institutions produced a scene of extreme expectation through the circulation of dramatic plague visions. It argues that experts deployed these visions to draw attention to the possibility of a pandemic, frame the disease as a catastrophic event, and make it meaningful to the nation. Today, when we talk about pandemic influenza, we must always say 'perhaps.' What, then, does it mean to engage a disease in the modality of the maybe?"--Provided by publisher.
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650		0	_aInfluenza _zUnited States _xForecasting.
650		0	_aInfluenza _xSocial aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aInfluenza _zUnited States _xPrevention.
650		0	_aEpidemics _zUnited States _xForecasting.
650		0	_aEpidemics _xSocial aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aEpidemics _zUnited States _xPrevention.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1044835&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell