Title: Apparitions of Death and Disease
Description: This essay provides an overview of the devastating period in Irish history that is simply remembered as the 'Great Hunger'. Christine Kinealy provides a chronology of the Famine, examines the causes and consequences of this tragedy, and asks how could a famine of this magnitude occur at the center of the British Empire? Why did Ireland starve?--Back cover.
Subjects: Ireland, history, famine, 1845-1852, Famines, History, Famine (Ireland : 1845-1852) fast (OCoLC)fst01353092, Social Conditions, Human Migration, History, 19th Century, Colonialism, Art, Starvation, Famine (Ireland : 1845-1852) fast (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01353092