The Irish Famine: A Documentary History. (The Irish Studies Series)

Newspaper reports, workhouse records, maps, statistics, and engravings document the 1845-52 calamity that left thousands dead from starvation and disease, others weakened for generations, and a quarter of the population permanently overseas. Education officer for the Irish National Library, Kissane arranges the material by such topics as the potato, relief under the Conservatives and Liberals, soup kitchens, fever and disease, charity, evictions, and emigration. Reveals the attitudes and prejudices of Prime Ministers, landlords, and common people. Paper edition (unseen), $16.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.