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  • The Great Irish Famine

    par Sean Connolly, Margaret E Crawford, Mary E Daly, David Dickson, James S Donnelly, David Fitzpatrick, Larry Geary, Peter Gray, Cormac Ó Gráda, Irene Whelan, Christine Kinealy, Patrick Hickey, Tim O'Neill, RTE Commercial Enterprises Ltd (copyright holder), Margaret Kelleher ...
    Collections series Thomas Davis Lectures
    This is the most wide-ranging series of essays ever published on the Great Irish Famine, and will prove of lasting interest to the general reader. Leading historians, economists and geographers – from Ireland, Britain and the United States – have assembled the most up-to-date research from a wide spectrum of disciplines including medicine, folklore and literature, to give the fullest account yet ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

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  • The Famine Plot

    England's Role in Ireland's Greatest Tragedy

    par Tim Pat Coogan ...
    During a Biblical seven years in the middle of the nineteenth century, Ireland experienced the worst disaster a nation could suffer. Fully a quarter of its citizens either perished from starvation or emigrated, with so many dying en route that it was said, "you can walk dry shod to America on their bodies." In this grand, sweeping narrative, Ireland''s best-known historian, Tim Pat Coogan, gives a ... En savoir plus

    $19.19 CAD

  • A Short History of Ireland, 1500-2000

    par John Gibney ...
    A brisk, concise, and readable overview of Irish history from the Protestant Reformation to the dawn of the twenty-first centuryFive centuries of Irish history are explored in this informative and accessible volume. John Gibney proceeds from the beginning of Ireland’s modern period and continues through to virtually the present day, offering an integrated overview of the island nation’s cultural, ... En savoir plus

    $21.99 CAD

  • The Great Irish Potato Famine

    par James S Donnelly Jr ...
    In the century before the great famine of the late 1840s, the Irish people, and the poor especially, became increasingly dependent on the potato for their food. So when potato blight struck, causing the tubers to rot in the ground, they suffered a grievous loss. Thus began a catastrophe in which approximately one million people lost their lives and many more left Ireland for North America, ... En savoir plus

    $21.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Scottish Nation

    A Modern History

    par T. M. Devine ...
    The Scottish Nation examines the social, political, religious and economic factors that have shaped modern Scotland. Drawing on extensive research and exploring everything from the high politics of the devolved parliament to the everyday effects of huge and growing levels of social inequality, Devine places Scotland firmly within an international context and provides a key focus for the ongoing ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • Acts of Union and Disunion

    par Linda Colley ...
    The United Kingdom; Great Britain; the British Isles; the Home Nations: such a wealth of different names implies uncertainty and contention - and an ability to invent and adjust. In a year that sees a Scottish referendum on independence, Linda Colley analyses some of the forces that have unified Britain in the past.She examines the mythology of Britishness, and how far - and why - it has faded. ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • Ireland

    A Short History

    par Joseph Coohill ...
    Collections series Short Histories
    From the first prehistoric inhabitants of the island to the St Andrews Agreement and decommissioning of IRA weapons, this uniquely concise account of Ireland and its people reveals how differing interpretations of history, ancient and modern, have influenced modern Irish society. Combining factual information with a critical approach, Coohill covers all the key events, including the Great Famine, ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

  • A New History of Ireland

    par Christine Kinealy ...
    In this ground-breaking study, Professor Christine Kinealy incorporates recent scholarship in Irish studies to explore the key developments and -personalities that have shaped Ireland over 1500 years. In particular, she explores the role of successive waves of settlers, who came as traders, invaders, colonisers, religious refugees and, latterly, economic migrants. From the arrival of St Patrick in ... En savoir plus

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  • Nineteenth-Century Britain

    A Very Short Introduction

    par Colin Matthew, Christopher Harvie ...
    Collections series Very Short Introductions
    First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew's Very Short Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Britain is a sharp but subtle account of remarkable economic and social change and an even more remarkable political stability. Britain in 1789 was overwhelmingly rural, agrarian, multilingual, and almost half Celtic. By 1914, ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • This Great Calamity: The Great Irish Famine

    The Irish Famine 1845-52

    par Christime Kinealy ...
    The Great Famine of 1845-52 was the most decisive event in the history of modern Ireland. In a country of eight million people, the Famine caused the death of approximately one million, while a similar number were forced to emigrate. The Irish population fell to just over four million by the beginning of the twentieth century.Christine Kinealy's survey is long established as the most complete, ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • A Short History of Ireland

    par John O'Beirne Ranelagh ...
    This third edition of John O'Beirne Ranelagh's classic history of Ireland incorporates contemporary political and economic events as well as the latest archaeological and DNA discoveries. Comprehensively revised and updated throughout, it considers Irish history from the earliest times through the Celts, Cromwell, plantations, famine, Independence, the Omagh bomb, peace initiatives, and financial ... En savoir plus

    $35.99 CAD

  • Scotland

    A Very Short Introduction

    par Rab Houston ...
    Collections series Very Short Introductions
    Since Devolution in 1999 Scotland has become a focus of intense interest both within Britain and throughout the wider world. In this Very Short Introduction, Rab Houston explores how an independent Scottish nation emerged in the Middle Ages, how it was irrevocably altered by Reformation, links with England and economic change, and how Scotland influenced the development of the modern world. ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD