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Fleeing the Famine
Margaret Mulrooney
其他書名
North America and Irish Refugees, 1845-1851
出版Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2003-06-30
主題History / United States / 19th CenturyHistory / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)History / General
ISBN03130515859780313051586
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=_k_eEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The Irish Potato Famine caused the migration of more than two million individuals who sought refuge in the United States and Canada. In contrast to previous studies, which have tended to focus on only one destination, this collection allows readers to evaluate the experience of transatlantic Famine refugees in a comparative context. Featuring new and innovative scholarship by both established and emerging scholars of Irish America and Irish Canada, it carefully dissects the connection that arose between Ireland and North America during the famine years (1845-1851).

In the more than 150 years since the onset of Ireland's Great Famine, historians have intensely scrutinized the causes, the year-by-year events, and the consequences of his human catastrophe. Who was to blame? Were the hunger and misery inevitable? Did the famine have revolutionary effects on the Irish economy? How did it change the nature of Irish religion? This new study complements the wealth of existing literature on the social, cultural, and political aspects of the Famine and invites the reader to consider the fate of the Irish refugees in their new home lands.