| Description |
viii, 178 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The potato and Irish diet before the famine / David Dickson -- Farming and the famine / Mary Daly -- The potato and late blight in Ireland / Leslie Dowley -- Food supply and food riots / Andrés Eiríksson -- What people died of during the famine / Laurence Geary -- The potato famine in Europe / Peter Solar -- The Great Famine and other famines / Cormac Ó Gráda -- The famine as history / Joseph Lee |
| Notes |
Eight lectures delivered Sept. 14-28, 1995, in Ballsbridge, in conjunction with Teagasc's Famine 150 Commemorative Exhibition |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-177) |
| Subject |
Famines -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.
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Potato industry -- Ireland -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95010073
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| Author |
Ó Gráda, Cormac.
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Teagasc (Organization)
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University College, Dublin.
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| LC no. |
97160626 |
| ISBN |
1901138097 |
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