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The Hidden Famine - Hunger, Poverty and Sectarianism in Belfast 1840-50 (Paperback)
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The Hidden Famine - Hunger, Poverty and Sectarianism in Belfast 1840-50 (Paperback)
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Between 1845 and 1852, Ireland was devastated by the 'Great Hunger'
- the most severe famine in modern European history. The view
widely held by historians is that the impact of the Famine on the
northern province of Ulster, in particular the largely Protestant
city of Belfast, was minimal. In the first book on the Famine to
focus specifically on Belfast, Christine Kinealy, one of Ireland's
leading historians of the period, and Gerard MacAtasney, challenge
this view and offer a new interpretation. Drawing on a wealth of
original research, Kinealy and MacAtasney begin with an examination
of society and social behaviour in Belfast prior to 1845. They then
assess the official response to the crisis by the British
government, the response by the Church in both England and Ireland,
and the part played by the local administration in Ulster. The
authors examine the impact of the cholera epidemic on Belfast in
1849-50, the city's recovery after the Famine, and the beginnings
of open sectarianism among the business and landed classes of the
province.
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