FIGURES IN A FAMINE LANDSCAPE
Author(s): OMURCHADHA CIARAN
Figures in a Famine Landscape is a ground-breaking study that follows a number of individuals involved in different public capacities in a particularly afflicted district of Ireland during the Great Famine. The thinking and actions of each had a major effect on the existences - and the survival - of scores of thousands of the destitute poor in Ireland at a crucial point in the country's history. Among these figures are an outspoken newspaper editor; two clergymen (one Catholic, one Protestant); two highly qualified and busy physicians; two landlords and an exterminating agent; a Board of Works official and a Poor Law inspector.
Taking an exhaustive approach to source material that includes private diaries, letters, official reports and correspondence, police files, parliamentary papers and a wealth of newspapers, in this enthralling study the author builds up an in-depth, almost microscopic picture of each individual, providing a unique and very human lens through which to view the Great Famine.
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- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : Bloomsbury Academic
- : 0.371946
- : 24 August 2016
- : .49 Inches X 6.19 Inches X 9.27 Inches
- : books
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- : OMURCHADHA CIARAN
- : Paperback
- : 240