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 |