{"product_id":"9781472507785","title":"The Great Famine : Ireland's Agony 1845-1852","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Great Famine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Ciarán Ó Murchadha\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Great Famine: Ireland's Agony\u003c\/i\u003e examines this enormous human calamity anew. Beginning with the coming of the potato blight in 1845 and the resulting harvest failures that left the country's impoverished population numb with shock as well as foodless, it explores government relief measures that so often failed to meet the needs of the poor, leading in fact to many more deaths.The book charts the horrific realities of Ireland's pauper-crammed workhouses, the mass clearances of the later Famine period and the great waves of panic-driven emigration that in a few short years combined to empty the country of its once teeming population.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on eyewitness accounts, official reports, newspapers and private diaries, the focus of the book rests on the experiences of those who suffered and died during the Famine, and on those who suffered and survived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an important book for anyone who wants to understand Europe's greatest nineteenth century population disaster and its long term consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“The prologue to \u003ci\u003eThe Great Famine\u003c\/i\u003e encapsulates the book: microscopic detail is painstakingly assembled to propel a compelling narrative sweep ... [Ó Murchadha] integrates the prodigious Famine scholarship of the last twenty years, drawing extensively on accomplished local studies, to provide a comprehensive record of the Famine across the entire country ... Replete with startling contemporary images and almost unbearably vivid first-hand accounts, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Famine\u003c\/i\u003e is a succinct, accessible and compassionate history - for scholars and the general reader - informed by an imaginative approach.” –\u003ci\u003eHistory Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781472507785\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40596612841678,"sku":"9781472507785","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_fa07cb42-e065-41a3-92b0-35f6d064a3a2.jpg?v=1637862794","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781472507785","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}