Human Encumbrances: Political Violence and the Great Irish Famine - Couverture souple

Nally, David P.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 026803608X ISBN 13 : 9780268036089

Editeur : University of Notre Dame Press, 2011

Synopsis

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."

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

David P. Nally is a University Lecturer and Fellow of Fitzwilliam College at the University of Cambridge, England.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Notre Dame Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 026803608X
• ISBN 13: 9780268036089
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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