Finland's Great Famine, 1856-68

by Andrew Newby

This book will provide a thematic overview of one of European history's most devastating famines, the Great Finnish Famine of the 1860s. In 1868, the nadir of several years of worsening economic conditions, 137,000 people (approximately 8% of the Finnish population) perished as the result of hunger and disease. The attitudes and policies enacted by Finland's devolved administration tended to follow European norms, and therefore were often similar...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 303119473X
• ISBN13: 9783031194733
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 319 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"