Description
Product ID: | 9780140145151 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | The Great Hunger |
Subtitle: | Ireland 1845-1849 |
Authors: | Author: Cecil Woodham-Smith |
Page Count: | 528 |
Subjects: | European history, British & Irish history, History, Social and cultural history, Economic history, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Social & cultural history, Economic history, Ireland, c 1800 to c 1900 |
Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. The impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable. This book provides a definitive account. 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. |
Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 1991-05-30 |