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Author:   Professor Christine Kinealy (University of Central Lancashire)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic USA
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.767kg
ISBN:  

9781441176608

ISBN 10:   1441176608
Pages:   424
Publication Date:   10 October 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. 'Apparitions of death and disease': Official responses to the famine 2. 'Some great and terrible calamity': Relief efforts from near and nfar 3. 'A labour of love': Quaker charity 4. 'An ocean of benevolence': The general relief committee of New York 5. 'Arise ye dead of Skibbereen': Leading by example 6. 'This cruel calamity of scarcity': The role of the Catholic Church 7. 'How good people are!' The involvement of women 8. 'A gloomy picture of human misery': The role of the British Relief Association 9. 'The brotherhood of mankind': Donations to the British Relief Association 10. 'Without distinction of creed or party, nation or colour': American aid 11. 'The most barbaric nation': Evangelicals and charity Conclusion: 'Thousands have by this means been saved' Notes Appendix Bibliography Index

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Kinealy (Irish studies, Drew Univ.) has published extensively on the famine and contributes here the most comprehensive work on private charity to date.In this well-researched study, Kinealy properly credits the contributions of the Quakers in offering much immediate aid and bearing witness to the tragedy and also brings to light the roles of the leading aid organization (the British Relief Association), the Irish General Central Relief Committee, the Roman Catholic Church and Protestant churches, the Irish diaspora (especially in the US), women's groups, and many others. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. -- A. H. Plunkett Piedmont Virginia Community College

Kinealy (Irish studies, Drew Univ.) has published extensively on the famine and contributes here the most comprehensive work on private charity to date.In this well-researched study, Kinealy properly credits the contributions of the Quakers in offering much immediate aid and bearing witness to the tragedy and also brings to light the roles of the leading aid organization (the British Relief Association), the Irish General Central Relief Committee, the Roman Catholic Church and Protestant churches, the Irish diaspora (especially in the US), women's groups, and many others. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. -- A. H. Plunkett * Piedmont Virginia Community College *

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Christine Kinealy is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, where she earned her doctorate. She is Professor of Irish Studies in the Caspersen Graduate School at Drew University, USA, and, in the spring of 2012, was Visiting Scholar in Residence at Quinnipiac University, USA. She is the author of several books on the Irish Famine, including the award-winning This Great Calamity: The Irish Famine, 1845-52 (2006).

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