The meaning of the famine
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The meaning of the famine
(The Irish world wide, v. 6)
Leicester University Press, 1997
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This work strives to understand the great Irish Famine of 1845 to 1850. Chapters on famine historiography and on writing the famine show that a "media studies" approach opens up new areas of debate. Connections between the Famine and the reshaping of Irish family life become clear through an exploration of one man's response to the crisis: Vere Foster's emigration schemes. Chapters on the responses and experiences of the Irish communities throughout the world include studies of North America, Australia and the Famine refugees who fled to England. This volume concludes with a study of the Irish Famine's world-wide place in famine history and theory.
Table of Contents
- Introduction - the meaning of the Famine, Patrick O'Sullivan
- the historiography of the Irish Famine, Graham Davis
- making memories - the literature of the Irish Famine, Christopher Morash
- the Famine Irish in England and Wales, Frank Neal
- the orphans of Grosse Ile - Canada and the adoption of Famine orphans, 1847-48, Marianna O'Gallagher
- the Deer Island graves, Boston - the Famine and the Irish-American tradition, Francis Costello
- lost in transit - Australian reaction to the Irish and Scots Famines, 1845-1850, Patrick O'Farrell
- potatoes, providence and philanthropy, the role of private charity during the Itish Famine, Christine Kinealy
- "where the poor man is not crushed down to exalt the aristocrat" - Vere Foster's programmes of assisted emigration as a consequence of the Famine, Ruth-Ann Harris
- the Famine worldwide - the Irish Famine and the development of famine policy and famine theory, Patrick O'Sullivan and Richard Lucking.
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