LEADER 03805cam a2200589Ii 4500001 99108632033506421 005 20201013095129.0 006 m o d 007 cr mn |||||a|a 008 150729s2015 cau ob 001 0 eng d 019 1066460049 020 9780520959767 |q(electronic bk.) 020 0520959760 |q(electronic bk.) 020 |z9780520284081 020 |z0520284089 020 |z9780520284098 020 |z0520284097 035 |9(JSTORDDA)915059438 035 (OCoLC)ocn915059438 |z(OCoLC)on1066460049 035 (NjP)10863203-princetondb 035 |z(OCoLC)1066460049 035 |z(NjP)Voyager10863203 037 22573/ctv1wpv5b |bJSTOR 040 N$T |beng |erda |epn |cN$T |dN$T |dIDEBK |dYDXCP |dCDX |dDEBSZ |dZCU |dOCLCQ |dMOR |dOCLCQ |dOTZ |dOCLCA |dNJR |dMERUC |dOCLCQ |dOCLCA |dSTF |dOCLCF |dJSTOR 043 n-us--- 050 4 RA644.I6 |bC33 2015eb 082 04 614.5/18 |223 090 Electronic Resource 100 1 Caduff, Carlo, |eauthor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2015039056 245 14 The Pandemic Perhaps : |bdramatic events in a public culture of danger / |cCarlo Caduff. 264 1 Oakland, California : |bUniversity Of California Press, |c[2015] 264 4 |c©2015 300 1 online resource 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 computer |bc |2rdamedia 338 online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 "In 25, American experts sent out urgent warnings throughout the country: a devastating flu pandemic was fast approaching. Influenza was a serious disease, not a seasonal nuisance; it could kill millions of people. If urgent steps were not taken immediately, the pandemic could shut down the economy and 'trigger a reaction that will change the world overnight.' The Pandemic Perhaps explores how American experts framed a catastrophe that never occurred. The urgent threat that was presented to the public produced a profound sense of insecurity, prompting a systematic effort to prepare the population for the coming plague. But when that plague did not arrive, the race to avert it carried on. Paradoxically, it was the absence of disease that made preparedness a permanent project. The Pandemic Perhaps tells the story of what happened when nothing really happened. Drawing on fieldwork among scientists and public health professionals in New York City, it's an investigation of how actors and institutions produced a scene of extreme expectation through the circulation of dramatic plague visions. It argues that experts deployed these visions to draw attention to the possibility of a pandemic, frame the disease as a catastrophic event, and make it meaningful to the nation. Today, when we talk about pandemic influenza, we must always say 'perhaps.' What, then, does it mean to engage a disease in the modality of the maybe?"--Provided by publisher. 588 0 Print version record. 599 Princeton permanent acquisition. 650 0 Influenza |zUnited States |xForecasting. 650 0 Influenza |xSocial aspects |zUnited States. 650 0 Influenza |zUnited States |xPrevention. 650 0 Epidemics |zUnited States |xForecasting. 650 0 Epidemics |xSocial aspects |zUnited States. 650 0 Epidemics |zUnited States |xPrevention. 650 7 Epidemics |xForecasting. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00914081 650 7 Epidemics |xPrevention. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00914085 650 7 Epidemics |xSocial aspects. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00914088 650 7 Influenza |xPrevention. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00972502 651 7 United States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204155 776 08 |iPrint version:Caduff, Carlo. |tPandemic perhaps |z9780520284081 |w(DLC) 2015011847 |w(OCoLC)894745481 910 JSTOR DDA purchased