The Great Famine in Ireland and Britain's financial crisis /

The Irish famine of the 1840s is the biggest humanitarian crisis in the United Kingdom's history. Within six years of the arrival of the potato blight in Ireland in 1845, more than a quarter of its residents had unexpectedly died or emigrated. Its population has not yet fully recovered since. H...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Read, Charles (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2022.
Colección:People, markets, goods ; v. 19.
Temas:
1760-1901
Financial crises > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Economic history.
Financial crises.
Politics and government.
Ireland > History > Famine, 1845-1852.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1837-1901.
Great Britain > Economic conditions > 1760-1860.
Great Britain.
Ireland.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The sources of financial and political instability
  • The economic policy reforms of Sir Robert Peel
  • Famine relief before the crises of 1847
  • Famine relief during and after the crises
  • The intentions and consequences of redistributive relief policy
  • Ireland and Mauritius: the British Empire's other famine in 1847
  • Conclusion: Britain's biggest economic-policy failure.

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