Title After the famine : Irish agriculture, 1850-1914 / Michael Turner

Published New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1996

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 313 pages) : illustrations Contents 1. Introduction: Ireland and Irish agricultural history in context -- 2. Agricultural change -- 3. The occupation of the land -- 4. The product of the land: output -- 5. The performance of agriculture -- 6. Labour and the working of the land -- 7. Conclusion -- structure, output and performance, and the distribution of the spoils -- Appendix 1 Annual agricultural statistics, 1847-1914 -- Appendix 2 Crop yields in Ireland, 1847-1914 -- Appendix 3 Landholding and land occupancy distribution, 1847-1914 -- Appendix 4 Irish agricultural prices -- Appendix 5 Weighing procedures adopted in estimating agricultural output -- Appendix 6 Richard Barrington of Fassaroe, County Wicklow Summary After the Famine examines the recovery in Irish agriculture in the wake of the disastrous potato famine of the 1840s, and presents an annual agricultural output series for Ireland from 1850 to 1914. Michael Turner's detailed 1996 study is in three parts: he analyses the changing structure of agriculture in terms of land use and peasant occupancy; he presents estimates of the annual value of Irish output between 1850 and 1914; and he assesses Irish agricultural performance in terms of several measures of productivity. These analyses are placed in the context of British and European agricultural development, and suggest that, contrary to prevailing orthodoxies, landlords rather than tenants were the main beneficiaries in the period leading up to the land reforms. After the Famine is an important contribution to an extremely controversial area of Irish social and economic history Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-304) and index Notes Print version record Subject Agriculture -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century Agriculture -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Agribusiness. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Sustainable Agriculture. Agriculture Agriculture -- Economic aspects Ireland Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 0585039712 9780585039718 0511001053 9780511001055

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