Store besparelser
Hurtig levering
Gemte
Log ind
0
Kurv
Bøger
Bestsellers
Kommer snart
Nyheder
Spil og hobby
Hjem
Kategorier
Bestsellers
Kommer snart
Nyheder
FAQ
Konto
Kontakt
Kurv
  1. Bog
  2. Vesteuropa
  3. Irland

Human Encumbrances

- Political Violence and the Great Irish Famine
Af: David P. Nally Engelsk Paperback

Human Encumbrances

- Political Violence and the Great Irish Famine
Af: David P. Nally Engelsk Paperback
Tjek vores konkurrenters priser

The history of the Great Irish Famine has been mired in debate over the level of culpability of the British government. Most scholars reject the extreme nationalist charge of genocide, but beyond that there is little consensus. In Human Encumbrances: Political Violence and the Great Irish Famine, David Nally argues for a nuanced understanding of “famineogenic behavior”—conduct that aids and abets famine—capable of drawing distinctions between the consequences of political indifference and policies that promote reckless conduct.

Human Encumbrances is the first major work to apply the critical perspectives of famine theory and postcolonial studies to the causes and history of the Great Famine. Combining an impressive range of archival sources, including contemporary critiques of British famine policy, Nally argues that land confiscations and plantation schemes paved the way for the reordering of Irish political, social, and economic space. According to Nally, these colonial policies undermined rural livelihoods and made Irish society more vulnerable to catastrophic food crises. He traces how colonial ideologies generated negative evaluations of Irish destitution and attenuated calls to implement traditional anti-famine programs. The government''s failure to take action, born out of an indifference to the suffering of the Irish poor, amounted to an avoidable policy of “letting die.”

Vis mere
Tjek vores konkurrenters priser
Normalpris
kr 335
Fragt: 39 kr
6 - 8 hverdage
20 kr
Pakkegebyr
God 4 anmeldelser på
Tjek vores konkurrenters priser

The history of the Great Irish Famine has been mired in debate over the level of culpability of the British government. Most scholars reject the extreme nationalist charge of genocide, but beyond that there is little consensus. In Human Encumbrances: Political Violence and the Great Irish Famine, David Nally argues for a nuanced understanding of “famineogenic behavior”—conduct that aids and abets famine—capable of drawing distinctions between the consequences of political indifference and policies that promote reckless conduct.

Human Encumbrances is the first major work to apply the critical perspectives of famine theory and postcolonial studies to the causes and history of the Great Famine. Combining an impressive range of archival sources, including contemporary critiques of British famine policy, Nally argues that land confiscations and plantation schemes paved the way for the reordering of Irish political, social, and economic space. According to Nally, these colonial policies undermined rural livelihoods and made Irish society more vulnerable to catastrophic food crises. He traces how colonial ideologies generated negative evaluations of Irish destitution and attenuated calls to implement traditional anti-famine programs. The government''s failure to take action, born out of an indifference to the suffering of the Irish poor, amounted to an avoidable policy of “letting die.”

Vis mere
Se mere i:
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 368
ISBN-13: 9780268036089
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 026803608X
Kategori: Irland
Udg. Dato: 15 apr 2011
Længde: 25mm
Bredde: 233mm
Højde: 156mm
Forlag: University of Notre Dame Press
Oplagsdato: 15 apr 2011
Forfatter(e): David P. Nally
Forfatter(e) David P. Nally

Kategori Irland

ISBN-13 9780268036089

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 368

Udgave

Længde 25mm

Bredde 233mm

Højde 156mm

Udg. Dato 15 apr 2011

Oplagsdato 15 apr 2011

Forlag University of Notre Dame Press

Kategori sammenhænge