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- catalog abstract ""The Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s has been popularly perceived as a genocide attributable to the British government. In professional historical circles, however, such singular thinking was dismissed many years ago, as evidenced by the scathing academic response to Cecil Woodham-Smith's 1963 classic, The Great Hunger, which, in addition to presenting a vivid and horrifying picture of the human suffering, made strong accusations against the British government's failure to act." "And while British governmental sins of omission and commission during the famine played their part, there is a broader context of land agitation and regional influences of class conflict within Ireland that also contributed to the starvation of more than a million people." "This book opens a door to understanding all sides of this tragedy with an absorbing history provided by novelist Colm Toibin that is supported by a collection of key documents selected by historian Diarmaid Ferriter. An important piece of revisionist thinking, The Irish Famine: A Documentary is sure to become the classic primer for this lamentable period of Irish history."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12764927.
- catalog contributor b12764928.
- catalog coverage "Ireland History Famine, 1845-1852 Sources.".
- catalog coverage "Ireland History Famine, 1845-1852.".
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""The Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s has been popularly perceived as a genocide attributable to the British government. In professional historical circles, however, such singular thinking was dismissed many years ago, as evidenced by the scathing academic response to Cecil Woodham-Smith's 1963 classic, The Great Hunger, which, in addition to presenting a vivid and horrifying picture of the human suffering, made strong accusations against the British government's failure to act." "And while British governmental sins of omission and commission during the famine played their part, there is a broader context of land agitation and regional influences of class conflict within Ireland that also contributed to the starvation of more than a million people."".
- catalog description ""This book opens a door to understanding all sides of this tragedy with an absorbing history provided by novelist Colm Toibin that is supported by a collection of key documents selected by historian Diarmaid Ferriter. An important piece of revisionist thinking, The Irish Famine: A Documentary is sure to become the classic primer for this lamentable period of Irish history."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-206) and index.".
- catalog extent "214 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0312300514".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press,".
- catalog spatial "Ireland History Famine, 1845-1852 Sources.".
- catalog spatial "Ireland History Famine, 1845-1852.".
- catalog spatial "Ireland".
- catalog subject "941.508 21".
- catalog subject "DA950.7 .T65 2002".
- catalog subject "Famines Ireland History 19th century Sources.".
- catalog subject "Famines Ireland History 19th century.".
- catalog title "The Irish famine : a documentary / Colm Tóibín and Diarmaid Ferriter.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Sources. fast".
- catalog type "text".