This edition of Cormac O'Grada's study expands upon his central arguments about the agricultural and demographic developments surrounding the Great Irish Famine. It provides new statistical information, new appendices and integrated responses to the new research and writing on the subject that has appeared since the publication of the first edition in 1987. This updated edition aims to go even further in disputing whether this pivotal period in Irish history really was an inevitable disaster and whether Ireland was the classic "Malthusian country". The author stresses the Irish ability to cope with harvest failure before 1845 and looks at the very real advances in the economy before the Great Famine that suggest that had the potato famine been delayed for a few decades, the economy would have been in a stronger position to withstand the harvest failures. Without neglecting the poverty and injustice of the pre-Famine economic regime, this book points to positive developments such as demographic adjustment, economic integration, emigration and improvements in agriculture and communications. The author argues that these features were already changing Ireland and could have gradually lifted it out of the morass.
„Über diesen Titel“ kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.
Versand:
EUR 35,79
Von Vereinigtes Königreich nach USA
Versand:
EUR 23,86
Von Vereinigtes Königreich nach USA
Anbieter: JuddSt.Pancras, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: New. 2nd Edition. No Dustwrapper as issued. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers g38173
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: Webbooks, Wigtown, Wigtown, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Second Edition. Previous owner's name etc to front free end paper. Lightly worn copy. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers OX4800
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: Theologia Books, La Charite sur Loire, Frankreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Second Revised Edition. Very good hardback copy. No dustjacket. vii, 224pp. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 026809
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No dust jacket as issued. No dust jacket. Very Good hardcover with light shelfwear - NICE! Standard-sized. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers mon0000233238
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: dsmbooks, Liverpool, Vereinigtes Königreich
hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Very Good. book. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers D8S0-3-M-0719040345-4
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar