The Great Famine and the Irish Diaspora in America

Between 1845 and 1855, nearly 1.5 million Irish women, men and children sailed to America to escape the Great Famine, triggered by successive years of potato blight. The famine and resulting emigation... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558491724
• ISBN13: 9781558491724
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Pr
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.5"