Samuel Clark is professor of sociology at the University of Western Ontario.James S. Donnelly, Jr., is professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of The Great Irish Potato Famine.

"No student of modern Ireland can afford to be without a copy." - K. Theodore Hoppen, Irish Historical Studies; "The strength of this volume cannot be conveyed by an itemisation of its contents; for what it provides is an incisive commentary on the landmarks of Irish agrarian history in the modern period.... The importance, even indispensibility, of this achievement is compounded by exemplary editing." - Roy Foster, London Times Literary Supplement

Samuel Clark is professor of sociology at the University of Western Ontario.James S. Donnelly, Jr., is professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of The Great Irish Potato Famine.

"No student of modern Ireland can afford to be without a copy." - K. Theodore Hoppen, Irish Historical Studies; "The strength of this volume cannot be conveyed by an itemisation of its contents; for what it provides is an incisive commentary on the landmarks of Irish agrarian history in the modern period.... The importance, even indispensibility, of this achievement is compounded by exemplary editing." - Roy Foster, London Times Literary Supplement

Samuel Clark is professor of sociology at the University of Western Ontario.James S. Donnelly, Jr., is professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of The Great Irish Potato Famine.

"No student of modern Ireland can afford to be without a copy." - K. Theodore Hoppen, Irish Historical Studies; "The strength of this volume cannot be conveyed by an itemisation of its contents; for what it provides is an incisive commentary on the landmarks of Irish agrarian history in the modern period.... The importance, even indispensibility, of this achievement is compounded by exemplary editing." - Roy Foster, London Times Literary Supplement