The Last Plague: Spanish Influenza and the Politics of Public Health in Canada

By Mark Osborne Humphries

Book Overview

In The Last Plague, Mark Osborne Humphries examines how federal epidemic disease management strategies developed before the First World War, arguing that the deadliest epidemic in Canadian history ultimately challenged traditional ideas about disease and public health governance.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442610441
• ISBN13: 9781442610446
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 323 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher