Ireland S Great Famine
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The Great Irish Famine
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Author : Cormac Ó'Gráda
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1995-09-28
The Great Irish Famine written by Cormac Ó'Gráda and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-09-28 with Business & Economics categories.
The Irish Famine of 1846-50 was one of the great disasters of the nineteenth century, whose notoriety spreads as far as the mass emigration which followed it. Cormac O'Gráda's concise survey suggests that a proper understanding of the disaster requires an analysis of the Irish economy before the invasion of the potato-killing fungus, Phytophthora infestans, highlighting Irish poverty and the importance of the potato, but also finding signs of economic progress before the Famine. Despite the massive decline in availability of food, the huge death toll of one million (from a population of 8.5 million) was hardly inevitable; there are grounds for supporting the view that a less doctrinaire attitude to famine relief would have saved many lives. This book provides an up-to-date introduction by a leading expert to an event of major importance in the history of nineteenth-century Ireland and Britain.
The Great Irish Potato Famine
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Author : James S Donnelly Jr
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2002-11-01
The Great Irish Potato Famine written by James S Donnelly Jr and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11-01 with Social Science categories.
In the century before the great famine of the late 1840s, the Irish people, and the poor especially, became increasingly dependent on the potato for their food. So when potato blight struck, causing the tubers to rot in the ground, they suffered a grievous loss. Thus began a catastrophe in which approximately one million people lost their lives and many more left Ireland for North America, changing the country forever. During and after this terrible human crisis, the British government was bitterly accused of not averting the disaster or offering enough aid. Some even believed that the Whig government's policies were tantamount to genocide against the Irish population. James Donnelly's account looks closely at the political and social consequences of the great Irish potato famine and explores the way that natural disasters and government responses to them can alter the destiny of nations.
The Great Famine
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Author : John Percival
language : en
Publisher: TV Books
Release Date : 1995
The Great Famine written by John Percival and has been published by TV Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with History categories.
Discusses the potato famine that struck Ireland in 1845, resulting in the starvation deaths of over a million Irish citizens, the displacement of thousands, and the immigration of over one million to America and Australia.
Irish Potato Famine
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Author : Joseph R. O'Neill
language : en
Publisher: ABDO
Release Date : 2009-01-01
Irish Potato Famine written by Joseph R. O'Neill and has been published by ABDO this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
This title examines an important historic event, the Irish Potato Famine. Readers will learn the history of Ireland leading up to the famine, key players and happenings during the famine, and the event's effect on society. Color photos and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Events is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company. Grades 6-9.
The Great Famine
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Author : Ciarán Ó Murchadha
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2011-06-02
The Great Famine written by Ciarán Ó Murchadha and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-02 with History categories.
Over one million people died in the Great Famine, and more than one million more emigrated on the coffin ships to America and beyond. Drawing on contemporary eyewitness accounts and diaries, the book charts the arrival of the potato blight in 1845 and the total destruction of the harvests in 1846 which brought a sense of numbing shock to the populace. Far from meeting the relief needs of the poor, the Liberal public works programme was a first example of how relief policies would themselves lead to mortality. Workhouses were swamped with thousands who had subsisted on public works and soup kitchens earlier, and who now gathered in ragged crowds. Unable to cope, workhouse staff were forced to witness hundreds die where they lay, outside the walls. The next phase of degradation was the clearances, or exterminations in popular parlance which took place on a colossal scale. From late 1847 an exodus had begun. The Famine slowly came to an end from late 1849 but the longer term consequences were to reverberate through future decades.
The Great Irish Famine
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Author : Canon John O'Rourke
language : en
Publisher: Veritas Books (IE)
Release Date : 1989
The Great Irish Famine written by Canon John O'Rourke and has been published by Veritas Books (IE) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with History categories.
When the great Irish famine of the years 1845-49 finally ceased it had taken a toll of the Irish nation from which it has never fully recovered. More than 1.2 million people died as a result of hunger or disease. In six years, from 1846-1851, more than 1.8 million left the country. Those who were left in a stricken motherland were sunk in misery and despair. With the decimation and emigration of its users, the Irish language suffered a mortal blow. The nation seemed doomed to extinction. This definitive work is a vivid record of this catastrophe that almost wiped out the Irish nation. It also provides a history of previous famines in Ireland and gives a fascinating account of the arrival of the potato in Europe and its introduction to Ireland. Also discussed is the onslaught of the blight and the puny efforts by the London government to counter its effects.-- Publisher description
Mapping The Great Irish Famine
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Author : Liam Kennedy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Mapping The Great Irish Famine written by Liam Kennedy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
This book represents cartographically the dramatic impact that the Great Potato Famine had on Ireland. Based largely on the enormous body of statistics contained in the Database of Irish Historical Statistics at the Queen's University of Belfast, the authors present a picture of Ireland before, during and after the Great Famine.
The Great Irish Famine
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Author : Cathal Póirtéir
language : en
Publisher: Thomas Davis Lectures
Release Date : 1995
The Great Irish Famine written by Cathal Póirtéir and has been published by Thomas Davis Lectures this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with History categories.
The most wide-ranging series of essays ever published on the Irish famine.
Ireland S Great Famine Britain S Great Failure
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Author : William H. A. Williams
language : en
Publisher: First Hill Books
Release Date : 2023-06-06
Ireland S Great Famine Britain S Great Failure written by William H. A. Williams and has been published by First Hill Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-06 with categories.
This book provides readers with a unique, in-depth understanding of the background to the Irish Famine and a detailed account of the crisis as it unfolded, as well as the immediate and long-term results of the catastrophe. In addition to ecological and agriculture factors, this work reveals how cultural as well as economic and political influences shaped British reaction to the Famine.
The History Of The Irish Famine
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Author : Christine Kinealy
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-09-20
The History Of The Irish Famine written by Christine Kinealy and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-20 with History categories.
The Great Irish Famine remains one of the most lethal famines in modern world history and a watershed moment in the development of modern Ireland – socially, politically, demographically and culturally. In the space of only four years, Ireland lost twenty-five per cent of its population as a consequence of starvation, disease and large-scale emigration. Certain aspects of the Famine remain contested and controversial, for example the issue of the British government’s culpability, proselytism, and the reception of emigrants. However, recent historiographical focus on this famine has overshadowed the impact of other periods of subsistence crisis, both before 1845 and after 1852. This volume breaks new ground in bringing together foundational narratives of one of Europe and North America’s first refugee crises — making visible their impact in shaping perceptions, public opinion, and patterns of memorialization of Irish forced migration. It documents eyewitness impressions of suffering Irish emigrants, and especially orphaned infants, which became iconic images of the Famine migration.
