Famine, Land and Politics: British Government and Irish Society 1843-50
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This long awaited book is a study of the making of Britain ? ? ? -s Irish policy in the period immediately preceding and during the Great Famine of 1845 ? ? ? 50. It looks particularly at interpretations of and response to the ? ? ? land question ? ? ? -, in the context of debates on reconstruction of Irish rural society, the relief of poverty, and the interventionist role of the state. Political agitation increasingly focused attention on Irish social problems in the early 1840s, but it was the Famine which forced them to the forefront of British politics. This book analyses the ideological forces underlying the decisions which had such fatal consequences for the people of Ireland and for the country ? ? ? -s future.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0716526425
ISBN13:9780716526421
Release Date:August 2001
Publisher:Irish Academic Press
Length:394 Pages
Weight:1.35 lbs.
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