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The famine plot : England's role in Ireland's greatest tragedy / Tim Pat Coogan.
"A bold new history of the great famine that holds the British government accountable"--P. [2] of cover.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780230109520 (hc) :
- Physical Description: xi, 276 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2012.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Chronology of the famine -- Setting the scene -- Born to filth -- A million deaths of no use -- Five actors and the orchards of hell -- Meal use -- Evictions -- The work schemes -- The workhouse -- Soup and souperism -- The Poor Law cometh -- Landlords targeted -- Emigration : escape by coffin ship -- The propaganda of famine. |
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| Subject: | Ireland > History > Famine, 1845-1852. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 941.5081 Coo | 31681002670669 | NONFIC | Available | - |
Tim Pat Coogan is Ireland's best known historian and the author of numerous important works on Irish history, includingMichael Collins and The IRA, published to wide acclaim. The former editor of The Irish Press, he lives in Dublin, Ireland.
