Toronto: University of Toronto Press, Date: 2003. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xvi, 297pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Barcode stick to rear of dust jacket. Black cloth over boards with spine lettered in silver. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In 1918, medical science was at a loss to explain the Spanish flu epidemic, which swept the world in three great waves and killed an estimated 20 to 40 million people in just one year, more than the number that died during the four years of World War I. Today, while the Spanish flu has faded in the public's memory, most virologists are convinced that sooner or later a similarly deadly flu virus will return with a vengeance. Responding to this sustained interest in the Spanish flu, Kirsty Duncan in Hunting the 1918 Flu presents a detailed account of her experiences as she organized a multi-national, multi-discipline scientific expedition to exhume the bodies of a group of Norwegian miners, buried in Svalbard, all of whom died from the Spanish flu virus. Duncan weaves a twofold narrative: first, the story of a large-scale medical project with the objective of uncovering genetic material from the Spanish flu and second, a first-hand account of the turbulent politics that emerged as the group moved towards a goal where the egos were as strong as the stakes were high. Duncan, herself not an epidemiologist but a ...

ISBN10: 0802087485, ISBN13: 9780802087485, [publisher: University of Toronto Press, Toronto] Hardcover Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xvi, 297pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Barcode stick to rear of dust jacket. Black cloth over boards with spine lettered in silver. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In 1918, medical science was at a loss to explain the Spanish flu epidemic, which swept the world in three great waves and killed an estimated 20 to 40 million people in just one year, more than the number that died during the four years of World War I. Today, while the Spanish flu has faded in the public's memory, most virologists are convinced that sooner or later a similarly deadly flu virus will return with a vengeance. Responding to this sustained interest in the Spanish flu, Kirsty Duncan in Hunting the 1918 Flu presents a detailed account of her experiences as she organized a multi-national, multi-discipline scientific expedition to exhume the bodies of a group of Norwegian miners, buried in Svalbard, all of whom died from the Spanish flu virus. Duncan weaves a twofold narrative: first, the story of a large-scale medical project with the objective of uncovering genetic material from the Spanish flu and second, a first-hand account of the turbulent politics that emerged as the group moved towards a goal where the egos were as strong as the stakes were high. Duncan, ...
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ISBN10: 0802087485, ISBN13: 9780802087485, [publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division] Hardcover Good condition.No marking/highlighting.Cover and pages may show some wear.Not Satisfied? Contact us to get a refund.
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ISBN10: 0802087485, ISBN13: 9780802087485, [publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press] Hardcover First Edition Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 297p. ; 24cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Influenza -- History, 20th century. Epidemiology -- Moral and ethical aspects. Disease outbreaks -- History. Pandemics. 1 Kg.
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ISBN10: 0802087485, ISBN13: 9780802087485, [publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press] Hardcover First Edition Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 297p. ; 24cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Influenza -- History, 20th century. Epidemiology -- Moral and ethical aspects. Disease outbreaks -- History. Pandemics. 1 Kg.
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