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Article: The Famine revisited.(Ireland's Great Famine: Interdisciplinary Perspectives)(Book review)
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- Irish Literary Supplement
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- March 22, 2008
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CORMAC O GRADA
Ireland's Great Famine: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
University College Dublin Press, 2006, 28.00 [euro]
GIVEN THE ABUNDANCE OF BOOKS and articles on the Irish Famine that have been written in the last fifteen years, perhaps the first response of many who learn of another published work will be to ask, "Do we need another book on the famine?" If in reference to Cormac O Grada's Ireland's Great Famine: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, the answer to that question is "yes." This compilation brings together thirteen essays written by O Grada (University College Dublin), on his own or with co-authors. These selections present a ...