Pandemic Perhaps

Pandemic Perhaps

Dramatic Events in a Public Culture of Danger

Caduff, Carlo

University of California Press

10/2015

270

Mole

Inglês

9780520284098

15 a 20 dias

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. This book explores how American experts framed a catastrophe that never occurred.
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 * A Ferret's Sneeze 2 * On the Run 3 * Casualties of Contagion 4 * Experiments of Concern 5 * A Real Test 6 * The Great Deluge Epilogue Note on the Cover Image Notes Bibliography Index
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