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“Flu shots are an autumn ritual for millions of Americans, but few know the history of the battle against influenza waged by physicians and public health officers around the globe over the past 120 years. Dehner explains how past pandemics, which increasingly shaped reliance upon vaccination and surveillance as prevention, evolved from local to regional to national to international responsibility. All those interested in the history of disease and the history of public health will benefit from his rich discussion of how today’s globalism is again changing how quickly diseases spread as well as the politics and requirements of influenza prevention.”
—Alan M. Kraut, American University
“Well researched and written, this study ranges from the Russian flu of 1889 to the swine flu of 2009, embracing biology and history, medicine and politics, drug research and government regulation. Dehner skillfully frames U. S. influenza experience in the global context and sheds new light on the power of the virus to sicken, kill, and confound.”
—Carol R. Byerly, author of Fever of War: The Influenza Epidemic in the U.S. Army during World War I
“Joins a select few other recent books on influenza as a useful resource . . . His research is sound and extensive and his prose is clear and concise.”
—Journal of the History of Medicine
About the Author
George Dehner is associate professor of history at Wichita State University.
- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press; 1 edition (April 28, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 082296189X
- ISBN-13: 978-0822961895
- Product Dimensions: 0.9 x 6.3 x 9.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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