Apparitions of death and disease :
the great hunger in Ireland /
Christine Kinealy.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Hamden, CT:
Quinnipiac University Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Ireland's Great Hunger Museum / Niamh O'Sullivan, Grace Brady.
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| Notes: | This essay provides an overview of the devastating period in Irish history that is simply remembered as the 'Great Hunger'. Christine Kinealy provides a chronology of the Famine, examines the causes and consequences of this tragedy, and asks how could a famine of this magnitude occur at the center of the British Empire? Why did Ireland starve?--back cover. Quinnipiac University Faculty. Series editors: Niamh O'Sullivan, Grace Brady. Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-36). Physical description: 39 p. : col. ill., facsims. ; 28 cm. Portion of title: Great hunger in Ireland more |
| ISBN: | 9780990468615 0990468615 |