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Ireland's Great Famine and Popular Politics (Paperback)
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Ireland's Great Famine and Popular Politics (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Modern European History
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Ireland's Great Famine of 1845-52 was among the most devastating
food crises in modern history. A country of some
eight-and-a-half-million people lost one million to hunger and
disease and another million to emigration. According to land
activist Michael Davitt, the starving made little or no effort to
assert "the animal's right to existence," passively accepting their
fate. But the poor did resist. In word and deed, they defied
landlords, merchants and agents of the state: they rioted for food,
opposed rent and rate collection, challenged the decisions of those
controlling relief works, and scorned clergymen who attributed
their suffering to the Almighty. The essays collected here examine
the full range of resistance in the Great Famine, and illuminate
how the crisis itself transformed popular politics. Contributors
include distinguished scholars of modern Ireland and emerging
historians and critics. This book is essential reading for students
of modern Ireland, and the global history of collective action.
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