| Edition |
First Picador edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 397 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: Henry Holt, 2012. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The savage shore : three Englishmen in Ireland -- The news from Ireland -- "The Irish can live on anything" -- Want -- The hanging of Bryan Serry -- The lord of providence -- The great and glorious cause of Ireland -- The mandate of heaven -- A sermon for Ireland -- Snow -- The queen's speech -- Pestilence -- Atonement -- "I shall arise and go now" -- Yankee doodle dandy -- Catastrophe and its consolations. |
| Summary |
This compelling new look at one of the worst disasters to strike humankind--the Great Irish Potato Famine--provides fresh material and analysis on the role that nineteenth-century evangelical Protestantism played in shaping British policies and on Britain's attempt to use the famine to reshape Irish society and character. |
| Subject |
Famines -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.
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Famines. |
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Ireland. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Irish -- Migrations -- History -- 19th century.
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Irish -- Migrations. |
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Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852.
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Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
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Emigration and immigration. |
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Famine in Ireland (Ireland : 1845-1852) |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Added Title |
Great famine and the saga of the Irish people |
| ISBN |
1250032172 |
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9781250032171 |
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