Ireland's great famine : interdisciplinary perspectives
Discussing the topics associated with Ireland's Great Famine of 1846-52, this title contains essays that include: trends in living standards before the famine; the impact on landlords; the characteristics of famine mortality; the market for potatoes; the role of migration as disaster relief; and the New York Irish in the wake of the famine.
Print Book, English, 2006
University College Dublin Press, Dublin, Ireland, 2006
x, 325 p. : il. ; 24 cm
9781904558583, 9781904558576, 1904558585, 1904558577
804630176
Introduction; Ireland's Great Famine; Poor and getting poorer? Living standards in Ireland before the famine, with Joel Mokyr; Bankrupt landlords and the Irish famine, with Andres Eiriksson; Famine disease and famine mortality, with Joel Mokyr; Mortality in the North Dublin Union during the Great Famine, with Timothy W. Guinnane; The market for potatoes in Dublin in the 1840s; Mass migration as disaster relief, with Kevin H. O'Rourke; The New York irish in the 1850s; The Famine, the New York Irish, and their bank; The Great Famine and other famines; Famine, trauma and memory; Making famine history in Ireland in the 1940s and 1950s; Making famine history in Ireland in 1995; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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