The great famine and the Irish diaspora in America
By: edited by Arthur Gribben ; introduction by Ruth-Ann M. Harris.
Contributors: Gribben, Arthur.
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
Subjects: Famines -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.; Irish Americans -- History.; Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.; Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852.
Description: "In Ireland, the Great Famine was a period of mass starvation, disease and emigration between 1845 and 1852. It is also known, mostly outside Ireland, as the Irish Potato Famine. In the Irish language it is called an Gorta Mór (IPA: [n t mo?], meaning "the Great Hunger") or an Drochshaol ([n dxhi?l], meaning "the bad life"). During the famine approximately 1 million people died and a million more emigrated from Ireland, causing the island's population to fall by between 20% and 25%."--Wikipedia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Women and the great famine / Patricia Lysaght; title: A Tory periodical in a time of famine / Wayne Hall; title: Alexis Soyer and the Irish famine / Jillian Strang and Joyce Toomre; title: The transfer of land and the emergence of the graziers during the famine period / David S. Jones; title: The great famine / Gearóid O h́Allmhuráin; title: Grosse Île / Michael Quigley; title: The famine beat / Neil Hogan; title: Revenge for Skibbereen / Kerby Miller; title: The pauper and the politician / Kerby A. Miller and Bruce D. Boling; title: The famine and collective memory / Mick Mulcrone; title: The great famine / Christine Kinealy.