The famine plot : England's role in Ireland's greatest tragedy
Book |
First edition |
Palgrave Macmillan,
New York :
c2012.
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
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"A bold new history of the great famine that holds the British government accountable"--P. [2] of cover.
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- ISBN: 9780230109520 (hc) :
- Physical Description: xi, 276 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm.print
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2012.
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note: Chronology of the famine -- Setting the scene -- Born to filth -- A million deaths of no use -- Five actors and the orchards of hell -- Meal use -- Evictions -- The work schemes -- The workhouse -- Soup and souperism -- The Poor Law cometh -- Landlords targeted -- Emigration : escape by coffin ship -- The propaganda of famine.