Bibliograph

The great Irish famine, edited by Cathal Póirtéir

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The great Irish famine, edited by Cathal Póirtéir

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-283)

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The great Irish famine

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

32822629

Responsibility statement

edited by Cathal Póirtéir

Series statement

The Thomas Davis lecture series

Summary

This is the most wide-ranging series of essays ever published on the Great Irish Famine and will prove of lasting interest to the general reader. Leading historians, economists, geographers - from Ireland, Britain and the United States - have assembled the most up-to-date research from a wide spectrum of disciplines including medicine, folklore and literature, to give the fullest account yet of the background and consequences of the famine. Contributors include Dr Kevin Whelan, Professor Mary Daly, Professor James Donnelly and Professor Cormac O Grada. The Great Irish Famine is the first major series of essays of the famine to be published in Ireland for almost fifty years

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Contributor