Overview
The Irish Famine of 1846-50 was one of the great disasters of the nineteenth century. Cormac Ó Gráda's concise survey puts the Famine in the context of the Irish economy, assesses the Famine itself, and discusses its many consequences. Despite a devastating food shortage, the huge death toll of one million was hardly inevitable; a less doctrinaire attitude to famine relief could perhaps have saved many lives. This book provides an up-to-date introduction to an event of major importance in the history of nineteenth-century Ireland and Britain.
- | Author: Cormac O. Grada
- | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- | Publication Date: Oct 27, 1995
- | Number of Pages: 108 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 0521552664
- | ISBN-13: 9780521552660
