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The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845 - 1849
The Great Hunger Ireland 1845 1849
Author: Cecil Woodham Smith
The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. It may not have been the result of deliberate government policy, yet British 'obtuseness, short-sightedness and ignorance' -- and stubborn commitment to laissez-faire ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780880293853
ISBN-10: 0880293853
Publication Date: 4/1995
Pages: 528
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Publisher: Barnes Noble Books
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