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The great hunger
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- Book Synopsis
- The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. It may not have been the result of deliberate government policy, yet British 'obtuseness, short-sightedness and ignorance' - and stubborn commitment to laissez-faire 'solutions' - largely caused the disaster and prevented any serious efforts to relieve suffering. The continuing impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable. In this vivid and disturbing book Cecil Woodham-Smith provides the definitive account. 'A moving and terrible book. It combines great literary power with great learning. It explains much in modern Ireland - and in modern America' D.W. Brogan.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780140145151
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, (30 May 1991)
- Number of Pages
- 510
- Weight
- 366 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 x 24 mm
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