Western isolation : the Perth experience of the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic / Bev Blackwell.

By:

Blackwell, Bev

Contributor(s):

Australian Homeland Security Research Centre

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Deakin, A.C.T. : Australian Homeland Security Research Centre, 2007.Description: viii, 76 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:

9780975787366 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

306.461099411 22

LOC classification:

RC150.4 .B528 2007

Partial contents:

1. preparing for the epidemic. - - 2.Responding to the outbreaks. - - 3. The vctims. - - 4. The medical profession. - - 5.The public response.

Subject: This book tells the story of Perth's experience with influenza and why it was so different from that of eastern Australia. It provides a inique perspective on how prepared societies will respond toexpected emergencies. This is the second of three books about Australia's experience of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic.

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"The second of three books to be published by the Australian Homeland Security Research Centre on Australia's experience during the 1918-1919 [influenza] pandemic"--Foreword (p. i).

Bibliography: p. 65-68.

1. preparing for the epidemic. - - 2.Responding to the outbreaks. - - 3. The vctims. - - 4. The medical profession. - - 5.The public response.

This book tells the story of Perth's experience with influenza and why it was so different from that of eastern Australia. It provides a inique perspective on how prepared societies will respond toexpected emergencies. This is the second of three books about Australia's experience of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic.

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