‘Interpreting the Epidemic: Sociocultural Dynamics and Perspectives’, explore the sociocultural resonances of the political reactions as well as general aspects of the pandemic. It shifts the focus from a preoccupation with social questions to an emphasis on cultural issues. In sum, The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918–1919: Perspectives from the Iberian Peninsula and the Americas elucidates aspects that received little attention in previous historiography, emphasising the importance of the Iberian peninsula as key point of connection between Europe and the Americas. It is an original and valuable contribution to the historiography of the Spanish flu and contemporary medicine

the chapters in this part deal with Spain, Portugal and Brazil. Finally the essays contained in the third part, ‘Interpreting the Epidemic: Sociocultural Dynamics and Perspectives’, explore the sociocultural resonances of the political reactions as well as general aspects of the pandemic. It shifts the focus from a preoccupation with social questions to an emphasis on cultural issues. In sum, The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918–1919: Perspectives from the Iberian Peninsula and the Americas elucidates aspects that received little attention in previous historiography, emphasising the importance of the Iberian peninsula as key point of connection between Europe and the Americas. It is an original and valuable contribution to the historiography of the Spanish flu and contemporary medicine.