Ireland's Great Famine and Popular Politics
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 t…
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Weitere Autoren: Mac Suibhne, Breandán (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-134-75798-5
- EAN: 9781134757985
- Produktnummer: 24370639
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 252 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 3'274 KB
- Abbildungen: 13 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 12 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 1 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 4 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
Enda Delaney is Professor of Modern History at the University of Edinburgh. Breandán Mac Suibhne is Associate Professor of History at Centenary College, New Jersey.
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