1. The great Hunger in Ireland: Ideologies and Interpretations -- 2. A State of Degradation The Pre-Famine Ireland -- 3. Rotten Potatoes and the Politics of relief -- 4. Putrefying vegetation and Queens Pay -- 5. Black "47" -- 6. The expatriation of a people -- 7. "A Policy of Extermination' --- Epilogue: 'The Famine Killed Everything'.