Famine 150
Subtitle: commemorative lecture series
By: edited by Cormac Ó Gráda.
Contributors: Ó Gráda, Cormac.; Teagasc (Organization); University College, Dublin.
Publisher: Teagasc; University College, Dublin
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
Subjects: Famines -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.; Potato industry -- Ireland -- History.; Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852.
Other titles: Famine one hundred fifty
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-177).
Eight lectures delivered Sept. 14-28, 1995, in Ballsbridge, in conjunction with Teagasc's Famine 150 Commemorative Exhibition.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The potato and Irish diet before the famine / David Dickson; title: Farming and the famine / Mary Daly; title: The potato and late blight in Ireland / Leslie Dowley; title: Food supply and food riots / Andrés Eiríksson; title: What people died of during the famine / Laurence Geary; title: The potato famine in Europe / Peter Solar; title: The Great Famine and other famines / Cormac Ó Gráda; title: The famine as history / Joseph Lee.