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Death by Discourse?: Political Economy and the Great Irish Famine (Famine Folios)
Tadhg Foley
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Paperback. Looks at the deeply controversial role of political economy, and especially the policy of laissez-faire, during the Great Irish Famine. For its defenders, the free market was a self-regulating system and 'interference' with it by the state was fraught with danger; for its critics, state 'intervention' was crucial to save human lives. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 292 x 5. Weight in Grams: 282.
The most virulent and rancorous debate during the Great Irish Famine concerned the role of the state in economic affairs, with the 'science' of political economy, the authoritative official discourse, decreeing a policy of laissez-faire. Long regarded as either ignorant or neglectful of its principles, the Irish, from the 1830s, were the focus of systematic economic evangelism. During the Famine, officialdom and its powerful institutional allies defended the 'laws' of political economy then under unrelenting popular attack. According to one authority 'the providing food for sale in all districts, and under all circumstances, should be left to the foresight and ... Read more
The most virulent and rancorous debate during the Great Irish Famine concerned the role of the state in economic affairs, with the 'science' of political economy, the authoritative official discourse, decreeing a policy of laissez-faire. Long regarded as either ignorant or neglectful of its principles, the Irish, from the 1830s, were the focus of systematic economic evangelism. During the Famine, officialdom and its powerful institutional allies defended the 'laws' of political economy then under unrelenting popular attack. According to one authority 'the providing food for sale in all districts, and under all circumstances, should be left to the foresight and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Quinnipiac University Press Hamden, CT
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
48
Place of Publication
Hamden, United States
ISBN
9780997837414
SKU
V9780997837414
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About Tadhg Foley
Tadhg Foley is Professor Emeritus of English, NUI Galway
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