The great famine : Ireland's agony, 1845-1852 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ó Murchadha, Ciarán
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Continuum, 2011.
Subjects:	Famines > Ireland > History > 19th century. Famines > History. Potatoes > History. Ireland > History > Famine, 1845-1852.
Online Access:	Contributor biographical information Table of contents only

Table of Contents:

Prologue
1. An emerging people: the pre-famine Irish
2. A long farewell to the white potatoes: the coming of the blight
3. One wide waste of putrefying vegetation: the second failure of the potato
4. The blessed effects of political economy: public works and soup kitchens
5. Emaciated frames and livid countenances: from fever pandemic to amended Poor Law
6. Asylum by the neighbouring ditches: the famine clearances
7. Leaving this land of plagues: the famine emigrations
8. Exiled from humanity: the later years of the famine
9. The murdered sleeping silently: aftermath.