The Irish Famine: A Documentary by Colm Toibin soon to be presented for sale on the wonderful BookLovers of Bath web site!
Published: New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2002, Hardback in dust wrapper.
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From the cover: The Irish Potato Famine of the 18405 has been popularly perceived as a genocide attributable to the British government. In professional historical circles, however, such singular thinking was dismissed many years ago, as evidenced by the scathing academic response to Cecil Woodham-Smiths 1963 classic, The Great Hunger, which, in addition to presenting a vivid and horrifying picture of the human suffering, made strong accusations against the British governments failure to act.
And while British governmental sins of omission and commission during the famine played their part, there is a broader context of land agitation and regional influences of class conflict within Ireland that also contributed to the starvation of more than a million people.
This remarkable book opens a door to understanding all sides of this tragedy with an absorbing history provided by novelist Colm Toibin that is supported by a collection of key documents selected by historian Diarmaid Ferriter. An important piece of revisionist thinking, The Irish Famine: A Documentary is sure to become the classic primer for this lamentable period of Irish history.
Very Good+ in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper.
Black boards with Silver titling to the Spine. 214 pages. Index. Bibliography. 8½” x 5¾”.
Of course, if you don’t like this one, may I beguile you with my offerings from hither or maybe further, hand picked, books in my History Ireland catalogue?
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