Research Catalog

Title

A death-dealing famine : the great hunger in Ireland / Christine Kinealy.

Author

Kinealy, Christine.

Publication

London ; Chicago : Pluto Press, 1997.

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Details

Description

viii, 192 pages; 22 cm

Summary

• The Irish Famine of 1845-52, although a pivotal event in the development of modern Ireland, was for decades marginalised or ignored by Irish historians. In examining the reasons for this silence, Famine expert Christine Kinealy demonstrates how many current attitudes and arguments about the Famine were evident during the event itself. The influences that shaped the responses to the Famine represent a core theme of this book.
• Dr Kinealy focuses on the key factors which nurtured both policy formulations and the unfolding of events in mid-nineteenth-century Ireland. These include political ideologies, such as the influential doctrine of political economy; providentialist ideas which ordained that the potato blight was a 'judgement of God'; and an opportunistic interpretation of the crisis that viewed the Famine and the consequent social dislocation as an opportunity to reconstruct Irish society. Kinealy also examines the roles of the Irish landlords and merchants, political factions in Westminster and the pivotal role played by civil servants within the British government.

Alternative Title

Gorta mór

Subject

• 1800-1899
• Famines > Ireland > History > 19th century
• Famines
• Hungersnot
• Geschichte 1845-1852
• Ireland > History > Famine, 1845-1852
• Ireland
• Irland

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-180) and index.

Contents

1. The Great Hunger in Ireland. Ideologies and Interpretations -- 2. 'A State of Degradation'. Pre-Famine Ireland -- 3. Rotten Potatoes and the Politics of Relief -- 4. Putrefying Vegetation and 'Queens's Pay' -- 5. 'Black '47' -- 6. 'The Expatriation of a People' -- 7. 'A Policy of Extermination' -- Epilogue: 'The Famine Killed Everything'.

ISBN

• 0745310753
• 9780745310756

LCCN

96049017

OCLC

• ocn123281474
• 123281474
• SCSB-13581613

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library