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The Hidden Famine: Hunger, Poverty and Sectarianism in Belfast 1840-50: Hunger, Poverty and Sectarianism in Belfast, 1840-1850
Christine Kinealy
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Description for The Hidden Famine: Hunger, Poverty and Sectarianism in Belfast 1840-50: Hunger, Poverty and Sectarianism in Belfast, 1840-1850
Paperback. Written by one of the outstanding historians of modern Ireland, The Hidden Famine examines the impact of Ireland's Great Famine on the city of Belfast. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 maps/ 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Between 1845 and 1852 Ireland was devastated by the 'Great Hunger' - the most severe famine in modern European history. The view widely held by historians is that the impact of the Famine on the northern province of Ulster, in particular the largely Protestant city of Belfast, was minimal. In the first book on the Famine to focus specifically on Belfast, Christine Kinealy, one of Ireland's leading historians of the period, and Gerard MacAtasney, challenge this view and offer a new interpretation. Drawing on a wealth of original research, Kinealy and MacAtasney begin with an examination of society and social ... Read more
Between 1845 and 1852 Ireland was devastated by the 'Great Hunger' - the most severe famine in modern European history. The view widely held by historians is that the impact of the Famine on the northern province of Ulster, in particular the largely Protestant city of Belfast, was minimal. In the first book on the Famine to focus specifically on Belfast, Christine Kinealy, one of Ireland's leading historians of the period, and Gerard MacAtasney, challenge this view and offer a new interpretation. Drawing on a wealth of original research, Kinealy and MacAtasney begin with an examination of society and social ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745313719
SKU
V9780745313719
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99-50
About Christine Kinealy
Dr Christine Kinealy teaches history at the University of Central Lancashire and has also taught at the University of Liverpool and universities in Dublin and Belfast. She is the author of The Great Calamity: The Irish Famine, 1845-52 (Roberts Reinhart, 1994) and has written for History Ireland and the New York-based Irish Echo. Gerard Mac Atasney is currently ... Read more
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[Kinealy is] one of the outstanding historians of modern Ireland.
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Irish Democrat '[Kinealy is] one of the outstanding historians of modern Ireland.'
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