Colm TÃ³ibÃ­n,Diarmaid Ferriter
This unique volume, comprising Colm TÃ³ibÃ­n's acclaimed short text and a linked collection of key documents put together by one of Ireland's leading younger historians, offers a many-sided view of one's of history's most poignant and far-reaching catastrophes. This book will allow the reader to understand the complex way in which the fragmentary past is both available to us ... and distant from us.' We get those insights from TÃ³ibÃ­n's short history and from a rich collection of documents -- government papers, recipes, journalism, letters, statistics, personal statements, all linked so the book can be read as a whole.
History,Nonfiction,Cultural,Ireland,European Literature,Irish Literature,Economics,Academic,School,Business
The Irish Famine: A Documentary