Read The Great Famine in Ireland and Britain’s Financial Crisis

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-80010-627-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 19, 366 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: People, Markets, Goods: Economies and Societies in History

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Read, Charles

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The sources of financial and political instability
2. The economic policy reforms of Sir Robert Peel
3. Famine relief before the crises of 1847
4. Famine relief during and after the crises
5. The intentions and consequences of redistributive relief policy
6. Ireland and Mauritius: the British Empire's other famine in 1847
Conclusion: Britain's biggest economic-policy failure
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Read Charles:
CHARLES READ is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in History and an Affiliated Lecturer in Economics at the University of Cambridge. He is also a Fellow and College Lecturer at Corpus Christi College.