Ireland's Great Hunger - by David A Valone & Christine Kinealy (Paperback)

About the Book

This volume of essays is based upon papers that were delivered at Quinnipiac University's Great Hunger Conference in September 2000. It considers the Great Hunger both as a historical moment that had a devastating and enduring impact on Ireland, and as a social, political, and...

Book Synopsis

This volume of essays is based upon papers that were delivered at Quinnipiac University's Great Hunger Conference in September 2000. It considers the Great Hunger both as a historical moment that had a devastating and enduring impact on Ireland, and as a social, political, and demographic process that shaped the culture and people of both Ireland and North America.

Review Quotes

...this collection provides an engaging appraisal of the full legacy of the famine.

...this collection provides an engaging appraisal of the full legacy of the famine.

Gracefully written and informative...

There is a great deal of diversity of viewpoints and perspectives in the essays...'Ireland's Great Hunger' should be of interest to both academic and general readers.

Gracefully written and informative...

There is a great deal of diversity of viewpoints and perspectives in the essays...'Ireland's Great Hunger' should be of interest to both academic and general readers.

About the Author

David A. Valone has served as an Assistant Professor of history and is Director of freshman academic programs at Quinnipiac University. He has authored works on the educational, linguistic and medical history of Britain, Ireland, and the United States during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Christine Kinealy is a reader in history at the University of Central Lancaster. She is the author and co-author of several books on the Great Hunger, including This Great Calamity: The Irish Famine 1845-1852 and A Death-Dealing Famine: The Great Hunger in Ireland.