The Great Famine and the Irish Diaspora in America

by Ruth-Ann Mellish Harris

Between 1845 and 1855, nearly 1.5 million Irish women, men, and children sailed to America to escape the Great Famine, triggered by successive years of potato blight. The famine and resulting... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558491732
• ISBN13: 9781558491731
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher