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The Great Irish Famine
Contributor(s): Ó'gráda, Cormac (Author)

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 ISBN: 113917097X     ISBN-13: 9781139170970
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $213.75  

Binding Type: Open Ebook - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2012
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe - Great Britain - General
Dewey: 941.508
Series: New Studies in Economic and Social History
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
Features: Bibliography, Glossary
 
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Publisher Description:
The Irish Famine of 1846-50 was one of the great disasters of the nineteenth century. Cormac Gr da's concise survey puts the Famine in the context of the Irish economy, assesses the Famine itself, and discusses its many consequences. Despite a devastating food shortage, the huge death toll of one million was hardly inevitable; a less doctrinaire attitude to famine relief could perhaps have saved many lives. This book provides an up-to-date introduction to an event of major importance in the history of nineteenth-century Ireland and Britain.
 
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