The Middle Ground Journal

By Maura Chhun, Metropolitan State University

Abstract

The 1918 Influenza Pandemic killed over twelve million Indians while a concurrent famine drove up the cost of basic necessities. The British government framed the pandemic as a complicating factor in their otherwise successful management of the famine, but more accurately the famine was a contributing factor to the pandemic’s death toll. Key words: 1918 Influenza Pandemic, Spanish Flu, British India, colonialism, famine, British Empire.

Key words: 1918 Influenza Pandemic, Spanish Flu, British India, colonialism, famine, British Empire.

Edited by Birgit Schneider and Jeanne E. Grant

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