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Kelly, John, 1945-
Subjects
Irish -- Migrations -- History -- 19th century.
Famines -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.
Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852.
Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
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Kelly, John, 1945-
Irish -- Migrations -- History -- 19th century.
Famines -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.
Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852.
Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
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The
graves
are
walking
: the
great
famine
and the
saga
of the
Irish
people
/ John Kelly.
by
Kelly, John, 1945-
Henry Holt and Co., 2012.
Call #:
941.5081 K29g
Subjects
Irish
-- Migrations -- History -- 19th century.
Famines -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.
Ireland -- History --
Famine
, 1845-1852.
Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN:
9780805091847
080509184X
Alternate title:
Great
famine
and the
saga
of the
Irish
people
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xii, 397 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The savage shore : three Englishmen in Ireland -- The news from Ireland -- "The
Irish
can live on anything" -- Want -- The hanging of Bryan Serry -- The lord of providence -- The
great
and glorious cause of Ireland -- The mandate of heaven -- A sermon for Ireland -- Snow -- The queen's speech -- Pestilence -- Atonement -- "I shall arise and go now" -- Yankee doodle dandy -- Catastrophe and its consolations.
Summary:
This compelling new look at one of the worst disasters to strike humankind--the
Great
Irish
Potato Famine--provides fresh material and analysis on the role that nineteenth-century evangelical Protestantism played in shaping British policies and on Britain's attempt to use the
famine
to reshape
Irish
society and character.
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941.5081 K29g
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