· Cecil Blanche Woodham-Smith's "The Great Hunger" is a veritable tour de force in which the author demonstrates that the governing class of Great Britain failed utterly in its leadership role during the Irish Potato Famine of Woodham /5. The Great Hunger: Ireland The Great Hunger is the story of one of the worst disasters in world history: the Irish potato famine of the s. Within five years, one million people died of starvation; emigrants by the hundreds of thousands sailed for America and Canada. Most emigrant ships were small, ill-equipped, dangerously 4/5(7). · The horror of what is casually referred to as the "Potato Famine" is meticulously chronicled in the superb and immensely readable "The Great Hunger: Ireland ", by Cecil Woodham-Smith. The first paragraph sets the tone: At the beginning of , the state of Ireland was as it had been for nearly seven hundred years, a source of grave anxiety to England.
Cecil Woodham-Smith's (Cecil's a she; I wonder why her parents didn't name her Cecilia) account of the Famine is a great read, and provides a lot of insight into what happened and why. The basics are simple enough; the Irish peasantry depended on the potato; fungus blight destroyed almost the entire potato crop in , , and Get this from a library! The great hunger: Ireland, [Cecil Woodham Smith] -- Examines the Irish potato famine of the s and its impact on Anglo-Irish relations. Light dustjacket extremity wear and rubbing; light tape remains from dustjacket having been attached to inside covers; otherwise solid and clean with dj in a protective cover.
The Great Hunger: Ireland The Great Hunger is the story of one of the worst disasters in world history: the Irish potato famine of the s. Within five years, one million people died of starvation; emigrants by the hundreds of thousands sailed for America and Canada. Most emigrant ships were small, ill-equipped, dangerously. Cecil Woodham-Smith - The Great Hunger, Ireland The Irish Potato Famine of probably resulted in million deaths. A further million people fled the country looking for food and work. The horror of what is casually referred to as the "Potato Famine" is meticulously chronicled in the superb and immensely readable "The Great Hunger: Ireland ", by Cecil Woodham-Smith. The first paragraph sets the tone: At the beginning of , the state of Ireland was as it had been for nearly seven hundred years, a source of grave anxiety to England. Ireland had first been invaded.
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