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The History of the Irish Famine - Fallen Leaves of Humanity: Famines in Ireland Before and After the Great Famine (Hardcover)
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The History of the Irish Famine - Fallen Leaves of Humanity: Famines in Ireland Before and After the Great Famine (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Historical Resources
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The Great Irish Famine remains one of the most lethal famines in
modern world history and a watershed moment in the development of
modern Ireland - socially, politically, demographically and
culturally. In the space of only four years, Ireland lost
twenty-five per cent of its population as a consequence of
starvation, disease and large-scale emigration. Certain aspects of
the Famine remain contested and controversial, for example the
issue of the British government's culpability, proselytism, and the
reception of emigrants. However, recent historiographical focus on
this famine has overshadowed the impact of other periods of
subsistence crisis, both before 1845 and after 1852. This volume
seeks to counterbalance the recent historiographical focus on the
Great Irish Famine which has overshadowed the impact of other
periods of subsistence crisis, both before 1845 and after 1852. As
occurred during the Great Famine, they often resulted in increased
levels of evictions, emigration, disease and death, although the
scale was lower. While the Great Famine brought major economic,
social and demographic changes, large areas of the country retained
pre-famine structures with many communities continuing to have a
subsistence existence and, consequently, regular crop failures and
famines. These lesser known famines are examined in this volume
along with the causes and why they did not achieve the scale of the
Great Famine.
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