Apparitions Of Death And Disease: The Great Hunger In Ireland (Famine Folios)

This essay provides an overview of the devastating period in Irish history that is simply remembered as the 'Great Hunger'. Christine Kinealy provides a chronology of the Famine, examines the causes and consequences of this tragedy, and asks how could a famine of this magnitude occur at the center of the British Empire? Why did Ireland starve?--back cover.

• | Author: Christine Kinealy
• | Publisher: Cork University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 30, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 40 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0990468615
• | ISBN-13: 9780990468615