The Irish famine: an illustrated history

Dublin: Wolfhound Press, 1994. 1st Edition. Softcover. Fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 141 pages: illustrations (some color); 20 cm. Contents: 1845: Background to the famine; Role of the potato; Coming of the blight -- 1845-46: Early relief efforts; Scientific Commission; Purchase of Indian Corn; Relief Commission -- 1846: Relief works: System of payment; Crop fails again; Relief works continue -- 1846: Food supplies; Labour Rate Act; Crime and punishment; Terrible accounts -- 1847: Workhouses; Relief works stopped; Charitable aid; Soup Kitchen Act -- 1847: Outdoor relief; Pressures on workhouses -- 1847: Fever; Hospital care; In the cities; Control of infection; Ravages of fever -- 1847-48: Evictions; Emigration; Hazards of emigration -- 1848-49: Crop fails again; Young Ireland rebellion; Breakdown of Administration; Rate-in-aid; Cholera -- 1849: Encumbered estates; Royal visit; Famine's aftermath. Summary: An account of one of the most significant and tragic events in Irish history, the great Irish Famine. Causes and effects are documented along with quotes from first hand accounts. Subjects: Famines Ireland History 19th century; Juvenile literature. Famines Ireland History 19th century. Ireland History Famine, 1845-1852. Ireland History 19th century. Ireland Economic conditions; Juvenile literature. Ireland Economic conditions 19th century. Ireland Economic conditions. Ireland History 1837-1901. Ireland Famine. Ireland Social conditions 1837-1901.