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Kelly, John,
1945-
The graves are walking :
the great famine and the saga of the Irish people /
John Kelly.
Great famine and the saga of the Irish people.
First edition.
New York, N.Y. :
Henry Holt and Co.,
2012.
xii, 397 pages :
illustrations ;
24 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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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Ireland
History
Famine, 1845-1852.
Ireland
Emigration and immigration
History
19th century.
Irish
Migrations
History
19th century.
Famines
Ireland
History
19th century.