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The Great Hunger: Ireland, 1845-49

By Cecil Woodham-Smith

The Great Hunger: Ireland, 1845-49 Politics & History

The Great Hunger: Ireland, 1845-49

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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.
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Number of Pages:
510
Release Date:
1995-04-01
Publication Date:
1995-04-01
Publisher:
Old Town Books
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
0880293853
ISBN13:
9780880293853
Weight:
458 g
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