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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792776103321

Autore

Williams Leslie <1941-2001., >

Titolo

Daniel O'Connell, the British press, and the Irish famine : killing remarks / / Leslie A. Williams ; edited by William H.A. Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-94636-6

1-315-25854-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (399 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Nineteenth Century Series

Altri autori (Persone)

WilliamsW. H. A

Disciplina

941.5081/092

Soggetti

Famines - Ireland - Press coverage

Public opinion - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Ireland Foreign public opinion, British

Ireland History Famine, 1845-1852 Press coverage

Great Britain Relations Ireland

Ireland Relations Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2003 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The times, O'Connell and Repeal, 1843 -- 2. Punch, 'Rint' and 'Repale', 1843 -- 3. Traversers and priests, 1844-1845 -- 4. 'The commissioner', 1845 -- 5. Imagining a famine-imaginary famine, 1845 -- 6. 'The battlefield of contending factions', January to June 1846 -- 7. Parsing Pharaoh's dream, July to December 1846 -- 8. 'A transition of great difficulty', January to March 1847 -- 9. The death of Daniel O'Connell, May 1847 -- 10. 'A conspiracy against life', June to December 1847 -- 11. Charles Trevelyan and the 'great opportunity', January 1848 -- 12. The uprising at Boulagh, 1848 -- 13. A dream of the future, 1849.