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Auteur(s) : Ó Murchadha, Ciarán
Titre(s) : Figures in a famine landscape [Texte imprimé] / Ciarán Ó Murchadha
Publication : London ; Oxford ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing
Plc, cop. 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XI-227 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Comprend : 1. John Busteed Knox, Newspaper Editor ; 2. The Abrasive Captain Wynne ; 3. John
Singleton : The Responsible Country Gentleman ; 4. Bickering Physicians : P.M. Cullinan
and Michael Healy ; 5. The Parish Incumbent : Rev. Henry Murphy ; 6. The Exterminator
General : Marcus Keane of Beech Park ; 7. Fr. Michael Meehan and the Little Ark
; 8. Cabin-Tumbling Warrior : Crofton Moore Vandeleur ; 9. Reluctant Hero : Captain
A.E. Kennedy ; 10. Figures in a Famine Landscape.
Note(s) : "The origins of this book go back to an earlier study of 1998, Sable Wings over the
Land"--Preface. - Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-219) and index
"An examination of the Great Irish Famine of 1845-1852 through the experiences of
a selection of significant figures from a region that was badly afflicted" ; "Figures
in a Famine Landscape follows a number of individuals involved in different public
capacities in a particularly afflicted district of Ireland during the Great Famine.
Among them are an outspoken newspaper editor; two clergymen (one Catholic, one Protestant);
two highly qualified and busy physicians; two landlords and an exterminating agent;
a Board of Works official and a Poor Law inspector. Some of these figures have been
subjected to academic study previously, while others are more obscure, but their thinking
and actions all had a major effect on the existences of tens of thousands of the destitute
poor in Ireland at a crucial point in the country's history. Taking an exhaustive
approach to source material that includes private diaries, letters, official reports
and correspondence, police files, parliamentary papers and a wealth of newspapers,
the author builds up an in-depth, almost microscopic picture of each individual, providing
a unique and very human lens through which to view the Great Famine"
Sujet(s) : Famines -- Société -- Clare (Irlande) -- 19e siècle
Irlande -- 1845-1852 (Grande famine)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-1-4725-1453-0 (hardback). - ISBN 147251453X (hardback). - ISBN 9781472511553
(paperback). - ISBN 1472511557 (paperback). - ISBN 9781472508638 (erroné) (PDF). -
ISBN 9781472506665 (erroné) (ePub)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb453127996
Notice n° :
FRBNF45312799
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
