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The Great Hunger: Ireland: 1845-1849
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ISBN: 014014515X
Author: Cecil Woodham-Smith
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The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. It may not have been the result of deliberate government policy, yet British obtuseness, short-sightedness and ignorance - and stubborn commitment to laissez-faire solutions - largely caused the disaster and prevented any serious efforts to relieve suffering. The continuing impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable. In this vivid and disturbing book Cecil Woodham-Smith provides the definitive account. A moving and terrible book. It combines great literary power with great learning. It explains much in modern Ireland - and in modern America D.W. Brogan.
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The Great Hunger: Ireland: 1845-1849