(Hardback)

This book provides readers with a unique, in-depth understanding of the background to the Irish Famine and a detailed account of the crisis as it unfolded, as well as the immediate and long-term results of the catastrophe. In addition to ecological and agriculture factors, this work reveals how cultural as well as economic and political influences shaped British reaction to the Famine.

(Paperback)

This book provides readers with a unique, in-depth understanding of the background to the Irish Famine and a detailed account of the crisis as it unfolded, as well as the immediate and long-term results of the catastrophe. In addition to ecological and agriculture factors, this work reveals how cultural as well as economic and political influences shaped British reaction to the Famine.