Read more
Informationen zum Autor Christine Kinealy is a lecturer in history at the University of Central Lancashire. She is the author of The Great Calamity: The Irish Famine, 1845-52 (Roberts Reinhart, 1994) and The Hidden Famine (Pluto Press, 2000). She has written for History Ireland and the New York-based Irish Echo. Klappentext Famine expert Christine Kinealy examines the influences that shaped the responses to the Famine of 1845-52. The key factors she analyses include political ideologies; providentialist ideas that read the potato blight as a judgement from God; opportunistic interpretations; the role of civil servants, Irish landlords and merchants. Zusammenfassung Examines the historiography of the Irish Famine and its relevance now! in the context of the longer-term relationship between England and Ireland. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. The great Hunger in Ireland: Ideologies and Interpretations 3. A State of Degradation The Pre-Famine Ireland-- The Political background! Dispossession and Disunity: Union and Discord: The Pre famine Economy: Poverty! Population and Poor relief 4. Rotten Potatoes and the Politics of relief: Pre Famine Famines: Potatoes and the Coming of the blight: Peel and Politics of repeal: The Provision of relief 5. Putrefying vegetation and Queens Pay: Party Politics and the Triumph of Ideology: The 'Male Roads' and Queens Pay': Food Supplies and Food Exports: Food Shortages and Famine Elsewhere 6. Black 47: The crisis of Starvation: Soup or Starvation: Private Philanthropy 7. The Expatriation of a People: Property Supporting Poverty: The Impact of Famine: The Press and Public opinion 8. A Policy of Extermination: The prodigal Son: The Army of beggars: The flight form Ireland. Emigration: the Cost of Famine Epilogue: The Famine Killed Everything
