The Meaning of the Famine
Published on 1. January 1997
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-7185-1426-6 (ISBN)
Description
This work strives to understand the great Irish Famine of 1845 to 1850. Chapters on famine historiography and on writing the famine show that a "media studies" approach opens up new areas of debate. Connections between the Famine and the reshaping of Irish family life become clear through an exploration of one man's response to the crisis: Vere Foster's emigration schemes. Chapters on the responses and experiences of the Irish communities throughout the world include studies of North America, Australia and the Famine refugees who fled to England. This volume concludes with a study of the Irish Famine's world-wide place in famine history and theory.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7185-1426-6 (9780718514266)
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Content
Introduction - the meaning of the Famine, Patrick O'Sullivan; the historiography of the Irish Famine, Graham Davis; making memories - the literature of the Irish Famine, Christopher Morash; the Famine Irish in England and Wales, Frank Neal; the orphans of Grosse Ile - Canada and the adoption of Famine orphans, 1847-48, Marianna O'Gallagher; the Deer Island graves, Boston - the Famine and the Irish-American tradition, Francis Costello; lost in transit - Australian reaction to the Irish and Scots Famines, 1845-1850, Patrick O'Farrell;potatoes, providence and philanthropy, the role of private charity during the Itish Famine, Christine Kinealy; "where the poor man is not crushed down to exalt the aristocrat" - Vere Foster's programmes of assisted emigration as a consequence of the Famine, Ruth-Ann Harris; the Famine worldwide - the Irish Famine and the development of famine policy and famine theory, Patrick O'Sullivan and Richard Lucking.