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Victims of Ireland's Great Famine : The Bioarchaeology of Mass Burials at Kilkenny Union Workhouse.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local, Regional, and Global Perspectives SeriesPublisher: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (313 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813055633
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Victims of Ireland's Great FamineDDC classification:
  • 941.5081
LOC classification:
  • DA950.7 .G434 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Victims of Ireland's Great Famine -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Setting the Stage for a Bioarchaeology of the Great Irish Famine -- 2. "An entire nation of paupers": Contextualizing Poverty and Famine in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Ireland and Kilkenny -- 3. A Life Endured in Poverty: A Social Bioarchaeology of the "Deserving Poor" -- 4. Institutionalization as the Last Resort: Famine Diseases, Mortality, and Medical Interventions -- 5. The Bioarchaeology of the Human Experience of Famine and Disaster: Shedding New Light on the Realities of the Great Irish Famine -- 6. Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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Cover -- Victims of Ireland's Great Famine -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Setting the Stage for a Bioarchaeology of the Great Irish Famine -- 2. "An entire nation of paupers": Contextualizing Poverty and Famine in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Ireland and Kilkenny -- 3. A Life Endured in Poverty: A Social Bioarchaeology of the "Deserving Poor" -- 4. Institutionalization as the Last Resort: Famine Diseases, Mortality, and Medical Interventions -- 5. The Bioarchaeology of the Human Experience of Famine and Disaster: Shedding New Light on the Realities of the Great Irish Famine -- 6. Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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