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Figures in a Famine Landscape

Figures in a Famine Landscape Politics & History

Figures in a Famine Landscape

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Figures in a Famine Landscape is a ground-breaking study that follows a number of individuals involved in different public capacities in a particularly afflicted district of Ireland during the Great Famine. The thinking and actions of each had a major effect on the existences - and the survival - of scores of thousands of the destitute poor in Ireland at a crucial point in the country's history. Among these figures are an outspoken newspaper editor; two clergymen (one Catholic, one Protestant); two highly qualified and busy physicians; two landlords and an exterminating agent; a Board of Works official and a Poor Law inspector. Taking an exhaustive approach to source material that includes private diaries, letters, official reports and correspondence, police files, parliamentary papers and a wealth of newspapers, in this enthralling study the author builds up an in-depth, almost microscopic picture of each individual, providing a unique and very human lens through which to view the Great Famine.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
240
Release Date:
2016-09-08
Publication Date:
2016-09-08
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
147251453X
ISBN13:
9781472514530
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
529 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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