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dc.contributor.author McLane, John Ryan
dc.date.accessioned 2021-12-02T02:22:07Z
dc.date.available 2021-12-02T02:22:07Z
dc.date.issued 2013
dc.identifier.citation DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.11157/sites-vol10iss215 en_US
dc.identifier.uri ${sadil.baseUrl}/handle/123456789/1044
dc.description 22 p. en_US
dc.description.abstract The 1918 influenza pandemic killed roughly five percent of the global population. In Polynesia death rates were worse, reaching as high as a quarter of inhabitants in Western Samoa. Despite being less than 50 km from the disaster in Western Samoa, and despite the close cultural links with the New Zealand governed colony, American Samoa successfully excluded the infection for years; becoming the largest known state to avoid any deaths from the pandemic. This success was facilitated by isolation, limited trade, a colonial government with absolute power but little oversight, and a working relationship between the US Navy and the traditional Samoan elites. While the crisis would fracture relations with Western Samoa and further isolate American Samoa, the successful quarantine would be seen as a benevolent act by Samoans under American rule and would contribute directly to ongoing American control of the territory. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Otago University: Dunedin en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Sites: New series;vol. 10 (2) 2013
dc.subject Influenza pandemic - 1918 - American Samoa en_US
dc.subject Health Crises in history - American Samoa en_US
dc.title Paradise locked en_US
dc.title.alternative The 1918 Influenza pandemic in American Samoa en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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