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After the Famine - Irish Agriculture, 1850–1914

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After the Famine examines the recovery in Irish agriculture in the wake of the disastrous potato famine of the 1840s, and presents for the first time an annual agricultural output series for Ireland from 1850 to 1914. Michael Turners detailed study is in three parts: he analyses the changing structure of agriculture in terms of land use and peasant occupancy; he presents estimates of the annual value of Irish output between 1850 and 1914; he assesses Irish agricultural performance in terms of several measures of productivity. These analyses are placed in the context of British and European agricultural development and suggest that, contrary to prevailing orthodoxies, landlords rather than tenants were the main income beneficiaries in the decades before the Land War and land reforms. This interpretation could help to explain the emergence of the land reform movement from the late 1870s, which culminated in peasant independence by 1914. After the Famine is an important contribution to an extremely controversial area of Irish and economic history.

List of contents










1. Introduction: Ireland and Irish agricultural history in context; 2. Agricultural change; 3. The occupation of the land; 4. The product of the land: output; 5. The performance of agriculture; 6. Labour and the working of the land; 7. Conclusion - structure, output and performance, and the distribution of the spoils; Appendixes; Bibliography.

About the author










Michael Turner is the lead pastor of Turning Point Church-a multicultural, multicampus church in South Metro Atlanta, Georgia-that he co-founded with his wife, Charla, in 2003. He is also an author, speaker, and coach. He and Charla have three children: Micha, Presley, and Madelyn.

Summary

After the Famine, first published in 1996, examines in detail the recovery of Irish agriculture before 1914. Michael Turner analyses land use, peasant occupancy, and the annual value of Irish output, questioning prevailing orthodoxies about income distribution, and making an important contribution to a controversial area of Irish social and economic history.

Product details

Authors Michael Turner
Publisher Cambridge Academic
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 21.03.1996
 
EAN 9780521553889
ISBN 978-0-521-55388-9
Dimensions 160 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
Weight 610 g
Illustrations 2 b/w illus. 10 maps 63 tables, Zeichnungen, nicht spezifiziert, Karten, Tabellen, nicht spezifiziert
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories
Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries

20th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Ireland, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries, c 1900 to c 1909, Agribusiness and primary industries

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