This book provides readers with a unique, in-depth understanding of the background to the Irish Famine and a detailed account of the crisis as it unfolded, as well as the immediate and long-term results of the catastrophe. In addition to ecological and agriculture factors, this work reveals how cultural as well as economic and political influences shaped British reaction to the Famine.
This book provides readers with a unique, in-depth understanding of the background to the Irish Famine and a detailed account of the crisis as it unfolded, as well as the immediate and long-term results of the catastrophe. In addition to ecological and agriculture factors, this work reveals how cultural as well as economic and political influences shaped British reaction to the Famine.
Dr. Williams is a retired historian, writer and musician who has taught in Ireland, Germany and America. He has published books and articles about Irish-America and Irish history, including Inventing Irish Tourism, The First Century, 1750-1850.
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List of Figures Preface Introduction Part One Culture, Religion and Politics in the Pre-Famine Decades Chapter One The Colonial Background Chapter Two From Stereotypes to Narrative: The Making of the Irish Other Chapter Three Politics and Religion in the Age of Daniel O'Connell Chapter Four Morality and Economics in the Age of Atonement Part Two The Rise and Fall of the Ireland's Potato Economy Chapter Five Poverty and Inequality: The Economic Background Chapter Six People, Land and Potatoes Chapter Seven Phytophthora infestans and the Collapse of the Potato Economy Part Three The Famine Years Chapter Eight The Arrival of the Potato Blight: 1845-46 Chapter Nine The First Phase of the Famine: Black '46-'47 Chapter Ten A False Dawn: 1847-48 Chapter Eleven The Return of the Blight: 1848-49 Chapter Twelve Years of Evictions: 1849-52 Part Four The Post- Famine Years Chapter Thirteen Post- Famine Dreams and Irish Realities in the 1850s Chapter Fourteen In the Famine's Wake Conclusion Bibliography Index.
List of Figures Preface Introduction Part One Culture, Religion and Politics in the Pre-Famine Decades Chapter One The Colonial Background Chapter Two From Stereotypes to Narrative: The Making of the Irish Other Chapter Three Politics and Religion in the Age of Daniel O'Connell Chapter Four Morality and Economics in the Age of Atonement Part Two The Rise and Fall of the Ireland's Potato Economy Chapter Five Poverty and Inequality: The Economic Background Chapter Six People, Land and Potatoes Chapter Seven Phytophthora infestans and the Collapse of the Potato Economy Part Three The Famine Years Chapter Eight The Arrival of the Potato Blight: 1845-46 Chapter Nine The First Phase of the Famine: Black '46-'47 Chapter Ten A False Dawn: 1847-48 Chapter Eleven The Return of the Blight: 1848-49 Chapter Twelve Years of Evictions: 1849-52 Part Four The Post- Famine Years Chapter Thirteen Post- Famine Dreams and Irish Realities in the 1850s Chapter Fourteen In the Famine's Wake Conclusion Bibliography Index.
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