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19 produkter
Ireland: A New Economic History 1780-1939
Häftad, 1995
1337 kr
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Ireland: A New Economic History offers a fresh, comprehensive economic history of Ireland between 1780 and 1939. Its methodology is mould-breaking, and it is unparalleled in its broad scope and comparative focus. Cormac Ó Gráda unites historical research with economic theory in an original and …
Famine Demography
Perspectives from the Past and Present
Inbunden, 2002
3452 kr
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This book deals with the important subject of famine demography. It contains case studies of the demography of historical and more recent famines in locations as far apart as Ireland, Finland, India, Burundi, Russia, Greece, Madagascar, and Japan. The authors address issues such as the role of …
Black '47 and Beyond
The Great Irish Famine in History, Economy, and Memory
Häftad, 2000
494 kr
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Here Ireland's premier economic historian and one of the leading authorities on the Great Irish Famine examines the most lethal natural disaster to strike Europe in the nineteenth century. Between the mid-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, the food source that we still call the Irish potato …
Jewish Ireland in the Age of Joyce
A Socioeconomic History
Inbunden, 2006
759 kr
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James Joyce's Leopold Bloom--the atheistic Everyman of Ulysses, son of a Hungarian Jewish father and an Irish Protestant mother--may have turned the world's literary eyes on Dublin, but those who look to him for history should think again. He could hardly have been a product of the city's bona fide …
Famine
A Short History
Häftad, 2010
334 kr
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Famine remains one of the worst calamities that can befall a society. Mass starvation--whether it is inflicted by drought or engineered by misguided or genocidal economic policies--devastates families, weakens the social fabric, and undermines political stability. Cormac O Grada, the acclaimed …
Eating People Is Wrong, and Other Essays on Famine, Its Past, and Its Future
Inbunden, 2015
458 kr
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Famines are becoming smaller and rarer, but optimism about the possibility of a famine-free future must be tempered by the threat of global warming. That is just one of the arguments that Cormac O Grada, one of the world's leading authorities on the history and economics of famine, develops in this …
Jewish Ireland in the Age of Joyce
A Socioeconomic History
Häftad, 2016
334 kr
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James Joyce's Leopold Bloom--the atheistic Everyman of Ulysses, son of a Hungarian Jewish father and an Irish Protestant mother--may have turned the world's literary eyes on Dublin, but those who look to him for history should think again. He could hardly have been a product of the city's bona fide …
Eating People Is Wrong, and Other Essays on Famine, Its Past, and Its Future
Häftad, 2020
334 kr
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New perspectives on the history of famine—and the possibility of a famine-free worldFamines are becoming smaller and rarer, but optimism about the possibility of a famine-free future must be tempered by the threat of global warming. That is just one of the arguments that Cormac Ó Gráda, one of the …
Black '47 and Beyond
The Great Irish Famine in History, Economy, and Memory
E-bok, 2020
661 kr
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Here Ireland''s premier economic historian and one of the leading authorities on the Great Irish Famine examines the most lethal natural disaster to strike Europe in the nineteenth century. Between the mid-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, the food source that we still call the Irish …
Hidden Victims
Civilian Casualties of the Two World Wars
E-bok, 2024
575 kr
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A staggering new account of the civilian death toll of the world wars—and what it reveals about the true nature and cost of modern war Soldiers have never been the only casualties of wars. But the armies that fought World Wars I and II killed far more civilians than soldiers as they countenanced or …
Hidden Victims
Civilian Casualties of the Two World Wars
Inbunden, 2024
473 kr
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A staggering new account of the civilian death toll of the world wars—and what it reveals about the true nature and cost of modern warSoldiers have never been the only casualties of wars. But the armies that fought World Wars I and II killed far more civilians than soldiers as they countenanced or …
Famine in European History
Av Cormac O Grada, Guido Alfani
E-bok, 2017
470 kr
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This is the first systematic study of famine in all parts of Europe from the Middle Ages until the present. In case studies ranging from Scandinavia and Italy to Ireland and Russia, leading scholars compare the characteristics, consequences and causes of famine. The famines they describe differ …
Famine in European History
Av Cormac O Grada, Guido Alfani
E-bok, 2017
470 kr
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This is the first systematic study of famine in all parts of Europe from the Middle Ages until the present. In case studies ranging from Scandinavia and Italy to Ireland and Russia, leading scholars compare the characteristics, consequences and causes of famine. The famines they describe differ …
Famine
A Short History
E-bok, 2021
428 kr
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Famine remains one of the worst calamities that can befall a society. Mass starvation--whether it is inflicted by drought or engineered by misguided or genocidal economic policies--devastates families, weakens the social fabric, and undermines political stability. Cormac Ó Gráda, the acclaimed …
Eating People Is Wrong, and Other Essays on Famine, Its Past, and Its Future
E-bok, 2015
441 kr
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New perspectives on the history of famine—and the possibility of a famine-free world Famines are becoming smaller and rarer, but optimism about the possibility of a famine-free future must be tempered by the threat of global warming. That is just one of the arguments that Cormac Ó Gráda, one of the …
Jewish Ireland in the Age of Joyce
A Socioeconomic History
E-bok, 2016
441 kr
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James Joyce''s Leopold Bloom--the atheistic Everyman of Ulysses , son of a Hungarian Jewish father and an Irish Protestant mother--may have turned the world''s literary eyes on Dublin, but those who look to him for history should think again. He could hardly have been a product of the city''s bona …
When the Potato Failed
Causes and Effects of the 'Last' European Subsistence Crisis, 1845-1850
Av Richard Paping, Eric Vanhaute m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
1432 kr
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Ireland's Great Famine
Interdisciplinary Essays
Häftad, 2006
410 kr
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These essays by Ireland's leading economic historian range widely over topics associated with the Ireland's Great Famine of 1846-52. The famine was the defining event of nineteenth-century Irish history, and nineteenth-century Europe's greatest natural disaster, killing about one million people and …
Ireland's Great Famine
Interdisciplinary Essays
Inbunden, 2006
815 kr
Tillfälligt slut
These essays by Ireland's leading economic historian range widely over topics associated with the Ireland's Great Famine of 1846-52. The famine was the defining event of nineteenth-century Irish history, and nineteenth-century Europe's greatest natural disaster, killing about one million people and …
