The graves are walking : the great famine and the saga of the Irish people /
This compelling new look at one of the worst disasters to strike humankind, the Great Irish Potato Famine, provides fresh material and analysis on the role that nineteenth-century evangelical Protestantism played in shaping British policies and on Britain's attempt to use the famine to reshape...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Henry Holt and Company,
[2012]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | This compelling new look at one of the worst disasters to strike humankind, the Great Irish Potato Famine, provides fresh material and analysis on the role that nineteenth-century evangelical Protestantism played in shaping British policies and on Britain's attempt to use the famine to reshape Irish society and character. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 397 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780805091847 080509184X |