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

Contents

Contents List of Illustrations ix Preface xi Introduction 1 Chapter One Influenza Strikes 13 Chapter Two The Stratification of a New England Town 26 Chapter Three Reforms and Restrictions 39 Chapter Four The View from across the Tracks 52 Chapter Five The Epidemic Peaks 68 Chapter Six The Epidemic Experience 83 Chapter Seven The January Wave 95 Chapter Eight The Political Backlash and the Palmer Raids 106 Conclusion 117 Epilogue 126 Appendix 1: October Deaths 131 Appendix 2: January Deaths 135 Notes 137 Index 163 vii ...