| Edition |
[First U.S. edition]. |
| Description |
xvi, 517 pages : illustrations, maps. ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (pages 437-498) "Select bibliography": pages 499-509. |
| Contents |
Ireland on the eve of the famine, by R. R. McDowell.--Agriculture, by E. R. R. Green.--The political background, by K. B. Nowlan.--The organisation and administration of relief, 1845-52, by T. P. O'Neill.--Medical history of the famine, by W. P. MacArthur.--Irish emigration to the United States of America and the British colonies during the famine, by O. MacDonagh.--The famine in Irish oral tradition, by R. J. McHugh. |
| Subject |
Famines -- Ireland.
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Ireland -- History -- 1837-1901.
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| Added Author |
Williams, T. Desmond, 1921-1987.
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