The Great Famine in Ireland and Britain’s Financial Crisis

Charles Read

doi:10.1017/9781800106277

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Charles Read, University of Cambridge

Publisher:: Boydell & Brewer
Online publication date:: December 2022
Print publication year:: 2022
Online ISBN:: 9781800106277
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781800106277

Subjects:: History, Twentieth Century Regional History
Series:: People, Markets, Goods: Economies and Societies in History

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Rich in archival detail and offering a ground-breaking analysis, this book presents a radically new interpretation of British politics and policy failings during the Great Famine.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-v

Illustrations
pp vi-viii

Preface
pp ix-xii

Acknowledgements
pp xiii-xv

Abbreviations
pp xvi-xvi

Introduction
pp 1-38

1 - The sources of financial and political instability
pp 39-66

2 - The economic-policy reforms of Sir Robert Peel
pp 67-100

3 - Famine relief before the crises of 1847
pp 101-130

4 - Famine relief during and after the crises
pp 131-183

5 - The intentions and consequences of redistributive relief policy
pp 184-228

6 - Ireland and Mauritius: the British Empire’s other famine in 1847
pp 229-276

Conclusion: Britain’s biggest economic-policy failure
pp 277-296

Bibliography
pp 297-336

Index
pp 337-342

People, Markets, Goods: Economies and Societies in History
pp 343-344

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