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Black '47 and Beyond

The Great Irish Famine in History, Economy, and Memory

By: Cormac Ó Gráda

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Black '47 and Beyond

The Great Irish Famine in History, Economy, and Memory

By: Cormac Ó Gráda

Here Ireland's premier economic historian and one of the leading authorities on the Great Irish Famine examines the most lethal natural disaster to strike Europe in the nineteenth century. Between the mid-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, the food source that we still call the Irish potato had allowed the fastest population growth in the whole of Western Europe. As vividly described in Ó Gráda's new work, the advent of the blight phytophthora infestans transformed the potato from an emblem of utility to a symbol of death by starvation. The Irish famine peaked in Black '47, but it brought misery and increased mortality to Ireland for several years. Central to Irish and British history, European demography, the world history of famines, and the story of American immigration, the Great Irish Famine is presented here from a variety of new perspectives. Moving away from the traditional narrative historical approach to the catastrophe, Ó Gráda concentrates instead on fresh insights available through interdisciplinary and comparative methods. He highlights several economic and sociological features of the famine previously neglected in the literature, such as the part played by traders and markets, by medical science, and by migration. Other topics include how the Irish climate, usually hospitable to the potato, exacerbated the failure of the crops in 1845-1847, and the controversial issue of Britain's failure to provide adequate relief to the dying Irish. Ó Gráda also examines the impact on urban Dublin of what was mainly a rural disaster and offers a critical analysis of the famine as represented in folk memory and tradition. The broad scope of this book is matched by its remarkable range of sources, published and archival. The book will be the starting point for all future research into the Irish famine.

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314

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Princeton University Press

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0691217920

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9780691217925

Citizen convicts

Prisoners, politics and the vote

By: Cormac Behan

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Citizen convicts

Prisoners, politics and the vote

By: Cormac Behan

Prisoner enfranchisement remains one of the few contested electoral issues in twenty-first-century democracies. It is at the intersection of punishment and representative government. Many jurisdictions remain divided on whether or not prisoners should be allowed access to the franchise. This book investigates the experience of prisoner enfranchisement in the Republic of Ireland. It examines the issue in a comparative context, beginning by locating prisoner enfranchisement in a theoretical framework, exploring the arguments for and against allowing prisoners to vote. Drawing on global developments in jurisprudence and penal policy, it examines the background to, and wider significance of, this change in the law. Using the Irish experience to examine the issue in a wider context, this book argues that the legal position concerning the voting rights of the imprisoned reveals wider historical, political and social influences in the treatment of those confined in penal institutions.

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254

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Manchester University Press

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1526101734

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9781526101730

Prisons and Imprisonment

An Introduction

By: Cormac Behan,Abigail Stark

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Prisons and Imprisonment

An Introduction

By: Cormac Behan,Abigail Stark

This textbook examines prisons and imprisonment. Historically, prisons and prisoners have been a source of interest to the general public. However, despite near universal acceptance of imprisonment as a feature of society, we know relatively little about the reality of prison life, or the effects it has on individuals and communities. Using academic scholarship, empirical research, government papers, policy reports, and accounts from lived experiences of the institution, this book analyses the complexities and contradictions of prison life, the place of the prison in twenty-first century society, and its prospects for the future. This book will introduce readers to key debates surrounding the use of imprisonment, and challenge readers to interrogate conventional perspectives on an institution that reflects the society in which it is situated.

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321

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Springer Nature

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3031093011

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9783031093012

Compact Dictionary

By: Collins Dictionaries,Duncan Black

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Compact Dictionary

By: Collins Dictionaries,Duncan Black

With extended word histories, surprising folk etymologies, notes on words borrowed from other languages, and a fantastic supplement, this thoughtfully designed dictionary is large enough to include all the words and definitions you need, but small enough to hold in one hand. With a clear colour design and easy-to-use layout, browsing is easier than ever. All in all the perfect book for crossword solvers, word-game enthusiasts, and anyone with a passion for English.

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1282

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HarperCollins UK

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0007299451

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9780007299454

Collins Anagrams

By: Justin Crozier,Cormac McKeown

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Collins Anagrams

By: Justin Crozier,Cormac McKeown

Whether you're stuck for words on Scrabble, Crosswords or Countdown, 'Collins Anagrams' is helpful. It has words and phrases based on Collins Word Games list, and this comprises over 120,000 anagrams.

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920

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Collins

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0007194676

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9780007194674

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Black '47 and Beyond

Black '47 and Beyond

Citizen convicts

Citizen convicts

Prisons and Imprisonment

Prisons and Imprisonment

Compact Dictionary

Compact Dictionary

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