The Irish potato famine / by Don Nardo ; illustrations by Brian McGovern.
1990
HC260.5.Z9 F36 1990 (Mapit)
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Title
The Irish potato famine / by Don Nardo ; illustrations by Brian McGovern.
Author
Nardo, Don, 1947-
ISBN
1560060123
Publication Details
San Diego, Calif. : Lucent Books, c1990.
Language
English
Description
64 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
HC260.5.Z9 F36 1990
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.8/09415/09034
Summary
Examines the historical, economic, scientific, and human factors involved in the great famine in Ireland in the nineteenth century.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 61) and index.
Added Author
McGovern, Brian, ill.
Series
World disasters
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Table of Contents
Early Ireland-a legacy of British influence
A land poised on the brink of ruin
A deadly blight brings national tragedy
Death and flight-Ireland depopulated
World hunger-famine still plagues humanity.
A land poised on the brink of ruin
A deadly blight brings national tragedy
Death and flight-Ireland depopulated
World hunger-famine still plagues humanity.