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Ireland's Great Famine and Popular Politics

Enda Delaney, Breandan Mac Suibhne
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      Ireland’s Great Famine of 1845–52 was among the most devastating food crises in modern history. A country of some eight-and-a-half-million people lost one million to hunger and disease and another million to emigration. According to land activist Michael Davitt, the starving made little or no effort to assert "the animal’s right to existence," passively accepting their fate. But the poor did resist. In word and deed, they defied landlords, merchants and agents of the state: they rioted for food, opposed rent and rate collection, challenged the decisions of those controlling relief works, and scorned clergymen who attributed their suffering to the Almighty. The essays collected here examine the full range of resistance in the Great Famine, and illuminate how the crisis itself transformed popular politics. Contributors include distinguished scholars of modern Ireland and emerging historians and critics. This book is essential reading for students of modern Ireland, and the global history of collective action.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Enda Delaney, Breandan Mac Suibhne EAN: 9780415836302 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 476 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2015-12-01 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Social History WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      History and Archaeology, European history, Social and cultural history

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      Enda Delaney is Professor of Modern History at the University of Edinburgh. Breandán Mac Suibhne is Associate Professor of History at Centenary College, New Jersey.
      Ireland’s Great Famine of 1845–52 was among the most devastating food crises in modern history. A country of some eight-and-a-half-million people lost one million to hunger and disease and another million to emigration. According to land activist Michael Davitt, the starving made little or no effort to assert "the animal’s right to existence," passively accepting their fate. But the poor did resist. In word and deed, they defied landlords, merchants and agents of the state: they rioted for food, opposed rent and rate collection, challenged the decisions of those controlling relief works, and scorned clergymen who attributed their suffering to the Almighty. The essays collected here examine the full range of resistance in the Great Famine, and illuminate how the crisis itself transformed popular politics. Contributors include distinguished scholars of modern Ireland and emerging historians and critics. This book is essential reading for students of modern Ireland, and the global history of collective action.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Enda Delaney, Breandan Mac Suibhne EAN: 9780415836302 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 476 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2015-12-01 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Social History WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      History and Archaeology, European history, Social and cultural history

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      Enda Delaney is Professor of Modern History at the University of Edinburgh. Breandán Mac Suibhne is Associate Professor of History at Centenary College, New Jersey.

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