Ireland's Great Hunger - Silence, Memory, and Commemoration (Paperback)

This volume of essays is based upon papers that were delivered at Quinnipiac University's Great Hunger Conference in September 2000. It considers the Great Hunger both as a historical moment that had a devastating and enduring impact on Ireland, and as a social, political, and demographic process that shaped the culture and people of both Ireland and North America. The chapters are grouped thematically into three parts. The first, Silence, takes as its point of departure the ways in which the Great Hunger created silences, both at the time of the Famine and in the subsequent historical memory of the Irish people. The second section, Memory, addresses the legacy of the Famine in the lives and work of the generation that lived through it and those who came after, both in Ireland and among the Irish Diaspora. The final section, Commemoration, considers how the Famine has become a focal point during the past decade in popular memory, particularly through varied efforts to memorialize the Famine and to integrate it into educational curricula. The book also includes an introduction by Christine Kinealy that discusses recent historical scholarship on the Famine, and a preface by David A. Valone that describes the ongoing educational and scholarly activities related to the Great Hunger at Quinnipiac University.

General

Imprint:	University Press of America
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2002
First published:	July 2002
Editors:	David A. Valone • Christine Kinealy
Contributors:	Ed McCarron • Robert A. Smart • Michael R. Hutchenson • Mary Ann Matthews • Mary Lee Dunn • Rached Khalifa • Deborah Peck • Thomas O'Grady
Dimensions:	206 x 142 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	416
ISBN-13:	978-0-7618-2345-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > History > General
LSN:	0-7618-2345-X
Barcode:	9780761823452

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