Reforming Food in Post-Famine Ireland: Medicine, Science and Improvement, 1845-1922

by Ian Miller

Reforming food in post-famine Ireland: Medicine, science and improvement, 1845-1922 is the first dedicated study of how and why Irish eating habits dramatically transformed between the famine and independence. It also investigates the simultaneous reshaping of Irish food production after the famine. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the book draws from the diverse methodological disciplines of medical history, history of science, cultural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719088860
• ISBN13: 9780719088865
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"