| Description |
xii, 292 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Famine and government response, 1845-6 -- Production, prices, and exports, 1846-51 -- Administration of relief, 1846-7 -- Soup kitchens and amending the poor law -- Amended poor law and mass death, 1847-51 -- Landlords and tenants -- Excess mortality and emigration -- Famine in Irish politics -- Constructing the memory of the famine, 1850-1900. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-279) and index. |
| Subject |
Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852.
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Ireland -- History -- 1837-1901.
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Famines -- Ireland.
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| ISBN |
0750926325 |
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