Apparitions of Death and Disease
The Great Hunger in Ireland
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Word Count
10,000 words, Guess
Page Count
40 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL29271711M
- ISBN-139780990468615
- OCLC Control Number897276104
- Library of Congress Control Number2014472827
Classifications
- LCCDA950.7.K54 2014
- LCCDA950.7 .K54 2014
Description
This essay provides an overview of the devastating period in Irish history that is simply remembered as the 'Great Hunger'. Christine Kinealy provides a chronology of the Famine, examines the causes and consequences of this tragedy, and asks how could a famine of this magnitude occur at the center of the British Empire? Why did Ireland starve?--Back cover.
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