Family and Farm in Pre-famine Ireland
The Parish of Killashandra
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press
Published:30th Apr '03
Should be back in stock very soon
This study of rural Ireland in the years leading up to the ""Great Hunger"" of the 1840s explicates the social, economic and demographic conditions of the era. The author argues that overpopulation and deprivation were inextricably linked to a third variable - the rapid economic development of rural Ireland that was shaped by British interests.
The book is a pleasure to read; the analysis is logical, precise and nuanced; the wording, rich textured and apt. It is impossible in this space to report the variety and depth of the insights that pervade O'Neill's book. - Irish Literary Supplement; ""An unrivalled picture of one small part of pre-Famine rural Ireland."" - Mary E. Daly, Irish Historical Studies; ""An important contribution both to Irish history and to the demographic study of peasant societies in general."" - Journal of Social History
ISBN: 9780299098445
Dimensions: 212mm x 163mm x 18mm
Weight: 338g
256 pages