The great famine : Ireland's agony 1845-1852 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Ó Murchadha, Ciarán.
Imprint:	London : Continuum International Publishing Group, 2011.
Description:	xx, 252 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Famine (Ireland : 1845-1852) Famines -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century. Starvation -- history. Emigration and Immigration -- history. Famines. Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852. Ireland. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8454061

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ISBN:	9781847252173 1847252176
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of 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 Last Years of the Famine
9. The Murdered Sleeping Silently - Aftermath and Explanations
Index

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