Overview
- Explores how the Spanish flu has influenced the models for future influenza pandemic throughout the 20th Century and discusses what if any lessons learnt from 1918 have been applied to the present day outbreak of Covid 19
- Explores the the extent and severity of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic in Ireland and in particular, the nine counties of Ulster
- Examines the Ulster experience of the pandemic by constructing micro-histories of industrial cities and towns to provide a basis for comparison of the differing approaches taken to combat the influenza outbreaks throughout Ulster
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History (PEHS)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book examines the Irish experience of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic through a detailed study of the disease in the most industrialised region of the country, the province of Ulster. By exploring the different themes of dispersion of the disease; mortality; gender; medical response and politics - and through case studies of different towns in the province of Ulster - it builds up a picture of the social, economic and political impact of influenza in Ireland. The Ulster experience of the pandemic is examined by constructing micro-histories of industrial cities and towns, along with provincial market towns and a naval port, to provide a basis for comparison of the differing approaches taken to combat the influenza outbreaks throughout Ulster. Contemporary opinion was that Ireland was considerably less affected by the war than the rest of the UK but, this book shows that the war did have a significant influenceon how the influenza pandemic impacted on the Irish population from an economic, social and medical point of view. The book also explores the immediate aftermath of the pandemic and how it influenced the Irish response to the influenza scare of 1920 and the viral pandemic of Encephalitis Lethargica which was prevalent for ten years after 1918, as well as discussing what if any lessons learnt from 1918 have been applied to the present-day outbreak of Covid 19.
This book will be of interest to academics in economic history, social history, Irish history and pandemic history, and those studying the effects of pandemics on the economy, health provision and pandemic preparedness.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Patricia Marsh began researching the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic in 2005 and completed a MA dissertation on the effect of the pandemic in Belfast in 2006. Her PhD thesis completed in 2010 was entitled 'The Effect of the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic on Ulster.' She has spoken widely on the 1918-19 influenza pandemic at conferences and seminars in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Her research interests include the encephalitis lethargica epidemic in Ireland and typhoid in Belfast during the twentieth century. She worked as a Teaching assistant at Queen's University Belfast from 2008 until 2011 and was a Tutor for an Open Learning Course in Queen's University Belfast, entitled ‘Plague, Famine and Disease in Ulster.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Spanish Flu in Ireland
Book Subtitle: A Socio-Economic Shock to Ireland, 1918–1919
Authors: Patricia Marsh
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Economic History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79500-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-79499-6Published: 22 September 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-79502-3Published: 23 September 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-79500-9Published: 21 September 2021
Series ISSN: 2662-6497
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6500
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 291
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: Economic History, Social History