The curse of reason : the great Irish famine /

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Author / Creator:Delaney, Enda, 1971-
Imprint:Dublin : Gill & Macmillan, c2012.
Description:x, 293 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm
Language:English
Subject:Famine (Ireland : 1845-1852)
Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852.
Ireland.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9097410
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ISBN:9780717154159
0717154157
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Prologue: The Land of the Dead
  • Part I. Before the Famine
  • 1. Encounters
  • 2. Land and people
  • 3. Politics and power
  • Part II. That Coming Storm
  • 4. Spectre of famine
  • 5. Peel's brimstone
  • Part III. Into the Abyss
  • 6. A starving nation
  • 7. The fearful reality
  • 8. Property and poverty
  • Part IV. Legacies
  • 9. Victoria's subjects
  • 10. Exiles
  • Epilogue: The Death of Martin Collins
  • Notes
  • Bibliographical Note
  • References
  • Index