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9%OFFChristine Kinealy - This Great Calamity:  The Irish Famine, 1845-52 - 9780717140114 - KMK0013097
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This Great Calamity: The Irish Famine, 1845-52

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Description for This Great Calamity: The Irish Famine, 1845-52 Paperback. Showing light reading wear. Newspaper review pasted to inside cover and title pages. Remains a good copy

The Great Famine of 1845-52 was the most decisive event in the history of modern Ireland. In a country of eight million people, the Famine caused the death of approximately one million, while a similar number were forced to emigrate. The Irish population fell to just over four million by the beginning of the twentieth century.

Christine Kinealy’s survey is long established as the most complete, scholarly survey of the Great Famine yet produced.

The unravelling of fact from opinion, the interpretation of motives behind the London governments’ responses, and the confrontation of stereotypes are at ... Read more

‘This book is mandatory reading for anyone who wishes to be informed about Irish history.’ Irish Post

‘This is not the last word on the Famine, but it is the best so far.’ Irish Independent

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
Number of Pages
504
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9780717140114
SKU
KMK0013097
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Christine Kinealy
Professor Christine Kinealy is a highly regarded writer and lecturer. In 1984, she earned her Ph.D. from Trinity College, Dublin, writing on the introduction of the Poor Law in Ireland. Kinealy has written extensively about the Great Hunger and its impact, most notably in This Great Calamity: The Irish Famine 1845-52, and has spoken to both the US Congress and ... Read more

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