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02260aam a2200409 i 4500 001 9D3D29E8FEB511E4A7AFDFEBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150520010025 008 130210s2013 enk b 001 0 eng 020 $a 1441176608 (HB) 020 $a 9781441176608 (HB) 020 $a 1441146482 (PB) 020 $a 9781441146489 (PB) 035 $a (OCoLC)827261173 040 $a NLM $b eng $e rda $c NLM $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d UKMGB $d BDX $d CDX $d PIT $d MUU $d OCLCF $d GTA $d CHVBK $d TOH $d IUL $d VRC $d SILO 042 $a nlmcopyc 043 $a e-ie--- 050 4 $a DA950.7 $b .K558 2013 060 00 $a 2014 M-777 060 10 $a DA 950.7 082 04 $a 941.5081 $2 23 100 1 $a Kinealy, Christine, $e author. 245 10 $a Charity and the Great Hunger in Ireland : $b the kindness of strangers / $c Christine Kinealy. 264 1 $a London : $b Bloomsbury $c 2013. 300 $a x, 411 pages : $c 24 cm. 505 0 $a 'Apparitions of death and disease': Official responses to the famine -- 'Some great and terrible calamity': Relief efforts from near and far -- 'A labour of love': Quaker charity -- 'An ocean of benevolence': The General Relief Committee of New York -- 'Arise ye dead of Skibbereen': Leading by example -- 'This cruel calamity of scarcity': The role of the Catholic Church -- 'How good people are!': The involvement of women -- 'A gloomy picture of human misery': The role of the British Relief Association -- 'The brotherhood of mankind': Donations to the British Relief Association -- 'Without distinction of creed or party, nation, or colour': American aid -- 'The most barbaric nation': Evangelicals and charity -- Conclusion: 'Thousands have by this means been saved.' 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-398) and index. 651 0 $a Ireland $x History $y Famine, 1845-1852. 650 0 $a Famines $z Ireland $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Poor $x History $z Ireland $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Economic assistance $z Ireland. 651 0 $a Ireland $x Social conditions $y 19th century. 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628. 941 $a 2 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718091356.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20150520011753.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9D3D29E8FEB511E4A7AFDFEBDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search