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Author:

Ó Murchadha, Ciarán.

Title:

The great famine : Ireland's agony 1845-1852 / Ciarán Ó Murchadha.

Publisher:

Continuum International Publishing Group,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

xx, 252 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Famines--Ireland--History--19th century.
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852.
Starvation--history.
Emigration and Immigration--history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Prologue -- 1. An emerging people: the pre-famine Irish -- 2. A long farewell to the white potatoes: the coming of the blight -- 3. One wide waste of putrefying vegetation: the second failure of the potato -- 4. The blessed effects of political economy: public works and soup kitchens -- 5. Emaciated frames and livid countenances: from fever pandemic to amended Poor Law -- 6. Asylum by the neighbouring ditches: the famine clearances -- 7. Leaving this land of plagues: the famine emigrations -- 8. Exiled from humanity: the later years of the famine -- 9. The murdered sleeping silently: aftermath.

ISBN:

1847252176
9781847252173

OCLC:

(OCoLC)657604834

LCCN:

2011378339

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)