Black November: The 1918 Influenza Pandemic in New Zealand

Description

How would you feel if you woke one morning to find your partner lying dead beside you, not just still and cold, but their skin turned purple-black?Or if your neighbour’s children came to ask for food because their parents had been ‘asleep’ for two daysoToo horrible to think abouts Yet such things happened all over New Zealand in November 1918 when the country was swept by the so-called ‘Spanish’ influenza pandemic.This book details New Zealand’s worst public health crisis, and its worst natural disaster: over 8,500 New Zealanders died from influenza and pneumonia in just six weeks. Nearly a quarter of the victims were Maori, who died at seven times the death rate of European New Zealanders. Why did the bodies turn blacka Why were Maori more at risk than the rest of the populatione Why did the 1918 flu kill mostly young adults in the prime of lifer Why did more men die than womeno How did towns, neighbourhoods and households cope with the flun What lessons can we learn from 1918 for any future flu pandemicuThese are just a few of the many questions answered in this fascinating book. First published in 1988, Black November now has three new chapters to bring it up to date, over forty first-hand eyewitness accounts, and over 200 photographs and cartoons, many here published for the first time. First published 1988. This enlarged, revised 2nd edition in November 2005.

Awards

Shortlisted for Montana New Zealand Book Awards: History Category 2006.

Stock Information

General Fields

• ISBN : 9781877257353
• Publisher : Canterbury University Press
• Imprint : Canterbury University Press
• Dimensions : 260mm X 190mm
• Produced in : New Zealand
• Product Type : books

Special Fields

• Illustrations : over 200 photographs and cartoons
• BIC subject : History
• Pages : 328
• Dewey classification : 993.09041
• Edition : 2nd illustrated edition
• Bind : Hardback
• Author : Geoffrey Rice