This Great Calamity: The Great Irish Famine

This Great Calamity: The Great Irish Famine
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Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Total Pages : 410
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ISBN-10 : 9780717155552
ISBN-13 : 0717155552
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Book Synopsis This Great Calamity: The Great Irish Famine by : Christime Kinealy

Download or read book This Great Calamity: The Great Irish Famine written by Christime Kinealy and published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd. This book was released on 2006-05-02 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Famine of 1845-52 was the most decisive event in the history of modern Ireland. In a country of eight million people, the Famine caused the death of approximately one million, while a similar number were forced to emigrate. The Irish population fell to just over four million by the beginning of the twentieth century. Christine Kinealy's survey is long established as the most complete, scholarly survey of the Great Famine yet produced. First published in 1994, This Great Calamity remains an exhaustive and indefatigable look into the event that defined Ireland as we know it today.


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