{"product_id":"2271328","title":"The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849","description":"xii, 510, [2] pp. 8vo. \"The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. It may not have been the result of deliberate government policy, yet British ‘obtuseness, short-sightedness and ignorance’ – and stubborn commitment to laissez-faire ‘solutions’ – largely caused the disaster and prevented any serious efforts to relieve suffering. The continuing impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable. In this vivid and disturbing book Cecil Woodham-Smith provides the definitive account. 'A moving and terrible book. It combines great literary power with great learning. It explains much in modern Ireland – and in modern America' D.W. Brogan.\"","brand":"Harper \u0026 Row","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12596891058246,"sku":"2271328","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/products\/2271328.jpg?v=1571425870","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/2271328","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}