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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.
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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.
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What is Ireland’s Great Famine and Popular Politics about?
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.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Ireland’s Great Famine and Popular Politics?
History and Archaeology > History
Where can I read a sample of Ireland’s Great Famine and Popular Politics?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781134758050
Is Ireland’s Great Famine and Popular Politics part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Routledge Studies in Modern European History
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Ireland’s Great Famine and Popular Politics?
Breandán Mac Suibhne, Enda Delaney
Who is the Publisher of the book Ireland’s Great Famine and Popular Politics?
Taylor and Francis
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Ireland’s Great Famine and Popular Politics is available as ebook(ISBN 9781134758050) and pdf(ISBN 9781134757985)