The great famine : Ireland's agony, 1845-1852 / Ciarán Ó Murchadha
2011, 1st Edition. London, England ; New York, New York : Continuum. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #336326
Physical description: 252 pages. Contents: Cover; Contents; Preface; 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 Source Notes; Bibliography; Index. Subjects: 19th century. Famines History. Potatoes History. Famines Ireland History 19th century. Famines Ireland History 19th century; Sources. Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900. Social & cultural history. History Modern 19th Century. Emigration and Immigration history. Great Famine. Genre: Illustrated.
Price: €40.00