The administration of hunger : colonialism, biopolitics and the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1852
Seasonal hunger and "partial famines" were common occurrences in nineteenth-century Ireland, but the Great Irish Famine (c.1845-1852) was sudden, stark and devastating. The immediate trigger was the appearance of a mysterious blight causing the widespread failure of the potato harvest. In...
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| Language: | English |
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/18269 |