A death-dealing famine : the great hunger in Ireland /

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Author / Creator:	Kinealy, Christine, author.
Imprint:	London ; Chicago, Ill. : Pluto Press, 1997.
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 192 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Famines -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century. Famines. Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852. Ireland. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11112940

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Varying Form of Title:	Gorta mór
ISBN:	0585355754 9780585355757 9781783711215 1783711213 0745310753 9780745310756 9780745310749 0745310745 0745310745 9780745310749
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-157) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	Examines the historiography of the Irish Famine and its relevance now, in the context of the longer-term relationship between England and Ireland.
Other form:	Print version: Kinealy, Christine. Death-dealing famine. Chicago, Ill. : Pluto Press, 1997 0745310753
Standard no.:	9780745310749

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. The great Hunger in Ireland: Ideologies and Interpretations
3. A State of Degradation The Pre-Famine Ireland-- The Political background, Dispossession and Disunity: Union and Discord: The Pre famine Economy: Poverty, Population and Poor relief
4. Rotten Potatoes and the Politics of relief: Pre Famine Famines: Potatoes and the Coming of the blight: Peel and Politics of repeal: The Provision of relief
5. Putrefying vegetation and Queens Pay: Party Politics and the Tr

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