Pen and Sword History
The Great Famine
Key Metrics
- John Gibney
- Pen and Sword History
- Paperback
- 9781526736635
- 9.1 X 6.1 X 0.7 inches
- 0.8 pounds
- Social Science > Sociology - General
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
Now, in the first installment of a new collaboration between Pen and Sword and History Ireland magazine, some of the world's leading experts on the Great Famine explore the crisis from a range of perspectives. From the importance of the potato in Irish history, to food exports, political change, the provision of charity, the impact of disease, the role of the authorities, the experience of emigration and the changing interpretation of the famine, this volume explores how this seminal event in Irish, British and world history still has a relevance to the globalised world of the twenty-first century.
Author Bio
John Gibney has a PhD in History from Trinity College, Dublin.
He is the author of Ireland and the Popish Plot (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008) and of a number of articles on various aspects of Irish history for BBC Northern Ireland, Éire-Ireland, Field Day Review, Irish Historical Studies.
He is a regular contributor to History Ireland magazine. His radio documentary on Dublin street gangs in the 1930s, The Animal Gangs, recently aired on RTE 1’s ‘Documentary on One’ series.
Source: O'Brien Press
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