Famine Land and Politics

by Peter Gray

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0716526425
• ISBN13: 9780716526421
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Irish Academic Press
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.