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An Account Of One Of The Most Significant And Tragic Events In Irish History, The Great Irish Famine. Causes And Effects Are Documented Along With Quotes From First Hand Accounts. 1845: Background To The Famine; Role Of The Potato; Coming Of The Blight -- 1845-46: Early Relief Efforts; Scientific Commission; Purchase Of Indian Corn; Relief Commission -- 1846: Relief Works: System Of Payment; Crop Fails Again; Relief Works Continue -- 1846: Food Supplies; Labour Rate Act; Crime And Punishment; Terrible Accounts -- 1847: Workhouses; Relief Works Stopped; Charitable Aid; Soup Kitchen Act -- 1847: Outdoor Relief; Pressures On Workhouses -- 1847: Fever; Hospital Care; In The Cities; Control Of Infection; Ravages Of Fever -- 1847-48: Evictions; Emigration; Hazards Of Emigration -- 1848-49: Crop Fails Again; Young Ireland Rebellion; Breakdown Of Administration; Rate-in-aid; Cholera -- 1849: Encumbered Estates; Royal Visit; Famine's Aftermath. Helen Litton. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [136]-139) And Index.

Who reads The Irish Famine: An Illustrated History (The Illustrated History Series)?

Author

Litton, Helen

Publisher

Dublin: Wolfhound Press ; Minneapolis, Minn.: Irish Books and Media

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780863274275

Category

history

Subjects

Economics, Fiction, History

Rating

3.81 / 5 (3 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13