She demonstrates how the 1918 flu shaped the modern world by disrupting, and often permanently altering, global politics, race relations, and family structures. Pale Rider is a masterful account of the catastrophe that forever changed humanity.".
We are proud of our book packaging! HOW THE 1918 GLOBAL 'FLU EPIDEMIC CHANGED THE WORLD THE TERM "PALE RIDER" describes a Biblical representation of death, of mortality, of plague and of sickness as symbolized by one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse mounted on a white steed. Thus it is an apt name for this deeply researched book that looks at the worldwide 'flu epidemic of 1918-20 that was indeed apocalyptic. The recent covid pandemic took an estimated 15-million lives around the world - but the 'flu claimed somewhere between 50 - and 100-million souls. Nobody will ever know the final count. It was one of the greatest human disasters in history - coming so soon after another human catastrophe, World War I that also took millions of lives. And it infected people from all walks of life in many widely distanced parts of the world - from the poor and undernourished to the rich and pampered. Social status meant nothing. AUTHOR LAURA SPINNEY, an accomplished science writer, describes in this gripping - and timely - narrative how the virus spread across the globe and what was done in those years when epidemiology was not as well understood as it is today. Can it occur again? Recent events have shown that viruses can turn up at any time.This First US Edition is in very good condition with clean, crisp and unmarked pages, a hardcover binding that is firm and square, and an intact dust-jacket we have protected with a Brodart plastic cover. It includes black-and-white illustrations and, in addition to a general index, there are full source notes. Publisher: PublicAffairs ISBN: 978-1-610-39-767-4 Nonfiction + All books sold by Mackie Books are cushioned in bubble-wrap. This book will be shipped in a cardboard box.+ Click here to see other listings by Mackie Books on eBay, including numerous books on historical subjects. + We ship internationally through eBay's Global Shipping Program. + The illustrations we include in our listings are from the actual books on sale and are not stock pictures. + We custom make many of the boxes we use to get your book safely to you.
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