Figures in a Famine Landscape
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Figures in a Famine Landscape

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Figures in a Famine Landscape

About this book

Figures in a Famine Landscape is a ground-breaking study that follows a number of individuals involved in different public capacities in a particularly afflicted district of Ireland during the Great Famine. The thinking and actions of each had a major effect on the existences - and the survival - of scores of thousands of the destitute poor in Ireland at a crucial point in the country's history. Among these figures 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. 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, in this enthralling study 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.

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Yes, you can access Figures in a Famine Landscape by Ciarán Ó Murchadha in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & 19th Century History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781472511553
eBook ISBN
9781472508638
Edition
1
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Illustrations
  4. Preface
  5. Maps
  6. Introduction
  7. 1 Hurricane from the South-West: John Busteed Knox
  8. 2 Intrepid Fire-Eater: Captain Edmond Wynne
  9. 3 The Poor Man’s Magistrate: John Singleton of Quinville
  10. 4 The Medical Gentleman: Dr Patrick Maxwell Cullinan
  11. 5 The Reverend Sinecurist: Henry Murphy
  12. 6 The Exterminator General: Marcus Keane of Beech Park
  13. 7 Father Michael Meehan and the Little Ark
  14. 8 The Cabin-Tumbling Warrior: Crofton Moore Vandeleur
  15. 9 The Most Charitable Officer: Captain A.E. Kennedy
  16. 10 The Famine Landscape
  17. Notes
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index