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The Great Hunger

By Cecil Woodham-Smith

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The Great Hunger

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The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. It may not have been the result of deliberate government policy, yet British ‘obtuseness, short-sightedness and ignorance’ – and stubborn commitment to laissez-faire ‘solutions’ – largely caused the disaster and prevented any serious efforts to relieve suffering. The continuing impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable. In this vivid and disturbing book Cecil Woodham-Smith provides the definitive account. ‘A moving and terrible book. It combines great literary power with great learning. It explains much in modern Ireland – and in modern America’ D.W. Brogan.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
528
Release Date:
1991-05-30
Publication Date:
1992-09-01
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
014014515X
ISBN13:
9780140145151
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
362 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
197 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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