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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 Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780140145151
eBay Product ID (ePID)91592978
Product Key Features
Number of Pages528 Pages
Publication NameThe Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEconomics, History
Publication Year1991
TypeTextbook
AuthorCecil Woodham-Smith
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight362 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorCecil Woodham-Smith