Black '47
Britain and the Famine Irish
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Word Count
77,500 words, Guess
Page Count
310 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL10386856M
- ISBN-139780312176624
- ISBN-100312176627
- OCLC Control Number239542824
- OCLC Control Number36817216
and 3 more
- Internet Archiveblack47britainfa0000neal
- Library of Congress Control Number97016913
- Goodreads1495066
Classifications
- LCCDA1-DA995GN370HB1951
- DDC941/.0049162
- LCCDA125.I7 N43 1998
Description
The appearance of the potato blight in Ireland in August 1845 was the beginning of a nightmare during which an estimated one million died. Over the period 1845-51, hundreds of thousands left Ireland, principally for North America and Britain. Neal examines the experiences of those Famine Irish who sought refuge in Britain during 1847, the worst year of the Famine, and the relief operations launched in the host towns. Black '47 reconstructs the horrors experienced in the major areas of Irish settlement in Britain. It provides the first ever estimates of casualties and costs, and also rescues from anonymity both victims and heroes.
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