| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
141, [3] pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
Illustrated history series |
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Illustrated history series.
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| Note |
Previous edition: 1994. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. 1845 -- Background to the Famine -- Role of the Potato -- Coming of the Blight -- 2. 1845-46 -- Early Relief efforts -- Scientific Commission -- Purchase of Indian Corn -- Relief Commission -- 3. 1846 -- Relief Works -- System of Payment -- Crop fails again -- Relief Works Continue -- 4. 1846 -- Food Supplies -- Labour Rate Act -- Crime and Punishment -- Terrible Accounts -- 5. 1847 -- Workhouses -- Relief Works stopped -- Charitable Aid -- Soup Kitchen Act -- 6. 1847 -- Outdoor Relief -- Pressure on Workhouses -- 7. 1847 -- Fever -- Hospital Care -- In the Cities -- Control of Infection -- Ravages of Fever -- 8. 1847-48 -- Evictions -- Emigration -- Hazards of Emigration -- 9. 1848-49 -- Crop fails again -- Young Ireland rebellion -- Breakdown of Administration -- Rate-in-Aid -- Cholera -- 10. 1849 -- Encumbered Estates -- Royal Visit -- Famine's aftermath. |
| Summary |
"Why did millions of starving people seem to accept their fate without rebelling? Why was there starvation besides seas and rivers stocked with fish? In The Irish Famine: An Illustrated History Helen Litton succinctly deals with the Great Famine with clarity and compassion. Using quotes from first-hand accounts, and information from numerous studies and sources, both sides of the tragedy are exposed. Meet the people who tried to gain help -- British politicians such as Peel, Quaker relief workers, local committees, clergy and landlords -- who sometimes gave up in despair as the situation escalated. Listen to the horrific stories of individuals such as Denis McKennedy, who died in Cork in 1846 because his Board of Works wages were two weeks late. The Irish Famine should be read by everyone who seeks a fuller understanding of Ireland's past and the catastrophic event that shaped so much of its future. Book jacket."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852.
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Ireland. (OCoLC)fst01205427
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Famine in Ireland (Ireland : 1845-1852) (OCoLC)fst01353092
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| Chronological Term |
1845-1852
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
0863279120 |
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9780863279126 |
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