{"product_id":"9781472514530","title":"Figures in a Famine Landscape","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFigures in a Famine Landscape\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Ciarán Ó Murchadha\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFigures in a Famine Landscape \u003c\/i\u003eis a ground-breaking study that follows a number of individuals involved in different public capacities in a particularly afflicted district of Ireland during the Great Famine. The thinking and actions of each had a major effect on the existences - and the survival - of scores of thousands of the destitute poor in Ireland at a crucial point in the country's history. Among these figures are an outspoken newspaper editor; two clergymen (one Catholic, one Protestant); two highly qualified and busy physicians; two landlords and an exterminating agent; a Board of Works official and a Poor Law inspector. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking an exhaustive approach to source material that includes private diaries, letters, official reports and correspondence, police files, parliamentary papers and a wealth of newspapers, in this enthralling study the author builds up an in-depth, almost microscopic picture of each individual, providing a unique and very human lens through which to view the Great Famine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781472514530\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40626213519566,"sku":"9781472514530","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_fa558aa7-be59-469e-8d08-cec448b37e18.jpg?v=1638671667","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781472514530","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}