Figures in a famine landscape /
"An examination of the Great Irish Famine of 1845-1852 through the experiences of a selection of significant figures from a region that was badly afflicted"--
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York, NY :
Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
2016.
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| Online Access: | Cover image |
| Summary: | "An examination of the Great Irish Famine of 1845-1852 through the experiences of a selection of significant figures from a region that was badly afflicted"-- "Figures in a Famine Landscape follows a number of individuals involved in different public capacities in a particularly afflicted district of Ireland during the Great Famine. Among them are an outspoken newspaper editor; two clergymen (one Catholic, one Protestant); two highly qualified and busy physicians; two landlords and an exterminating agent; a Board of Works official and a Poor Law inspector. Some of these figures have been subjected to academic study previously, while others are more obscure, but their thinking and actions all had a major effect on the existences of tens of thousands of the destitute poor in Ireland at a crucial point in the country's history. Taking an exhaustive approach to source material that includes private diaries, letters, official reports and correspondence, police files, parliamentary papers and a wealth of newspapers, the author builds up an in-depth, almost microscopic picture of each individual, providing a unique and very human lens through which to view the Great Famine"-- |
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| Item Description: | "The origins of this book go back to an earlier study of 1998, Sable Wings over the Land"--Preface. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 227 pages ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781472514530 147251453X 9781472511553 1472511557 |