This study of rural Ireland in the years leading up to the ""Great Hunger"" of the 1840s explicates the social, economic and demographic conditions of the era. The author argues that overpopulation and deprivation were inextricably linked to a third variable - the rapid economic development of rural Ireland that was shaped by British interests.
- ISBN13 9780299098445
- Publish Date 1 April 2003 (first published 1 December 1985)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Wisconsin Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256
- Language English