The Great Famine in Ireland and Britain's Financial Crisis

by Charles Read

Rich in archival detail and offering a ground-breaking analysis, this book presents a radically new interpretation of British politics and policy failings during the Great Famine.

The Irish famine of the 1840s is the biggest humanitarian crisis in the United Kingdom's history. Within six years of the arrival of the potato blight in Ireland in 1845, more than a quarter of its residents had unexpectedly died or emigrated. Its population has not...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783277270
• ISBN13: 9781783277278
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"