Influenza and Inequality: One Town’s Tragic Response to the Great Epidemic of 1918

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The “Spanish flu” epidemic of 1918 reached far beyond Europe, and took a heavy toll on the community of Norwood. Patricia J. Fanning explores the local response to the disease, including the sociological, psychological, and political dimensions of actions taken within a socially stratified community. (University of Massachusetts Press, 2010)