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Famines in European Economic History This volume explores economic, social and political dimensions of three cata- strophic famines which struck mid- nineteenth and early-t wentieth century Europe; the Irish Famine (An Gorta Mór) of 1845–1850, the Finnish Famine (Suuret Nälkävuodet) of the 1860s and the Ukrainian Famine (Holodomor) of 1932/1933. In addition to providing new insights into these events on international, national and regional scales, this volume contributes to an increased comparative historiography in historical famine studies. The parallel studies presented in this book challenge and enhance established understandings of famine tragedies, including: famine causation and culpability; social and regional famine vulnera- bilities; core–periphery relationships between nations and regions; degrees of national autonomy and self-s ufficiency; as well as famine memory and identity. Famines in European Economic History advocates that the impact and long- term consequences of famine for a nation should be understood in the context of evolving geopolitical relations that extend beyond its borders. Furthermore, regional structures within a nation can lead to unevenness in both the severity of the immediate famine crisis and the post-f amine recovery. This book will be of interest to those in the fields of economic history, Euro- pean history and economic geography. Declan Curran is Lecturer in Development Economics and Industrial Eco- nomics at Dublin City University Business School, Ireland. Lubomyr Luciuk is Professor of Political Geography at the Royal Military College of Canada and Fellow of the Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the Univer- sity of Toronto. Andrew G. Newby is Senior Research Fellow of the Academy of Finland, Uni- versity of Helsinki, Finland. 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Wood Andrew G. Newby Famines in European Economic History The last great European famines reconsidered Edited by Declan Curran, Lubomyr Luciuk and Andrew G. Newby First published 2015 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2015 selection and editorial matter, Declan Curran, Lubomyr Luciuk and Andrew G. Newby; individual chapters, the contributors The right of the editors to be identified as the author of the editorial matter, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Famines in European economic history: the last great European famines reconsidered / edited by Declan Curran, Lubomyr Luciuk and Andrew Newby. pages cm 1. Famines–Europe–History. 2. Europe–Economic conditions–19th century. 3. Europe–Economic conditions–20th century. I. Curran, Declan. II. Luciuk, Lubomyr Y. III. Newby, Andrew G. HC240.9.F3F36 2015 363.8094–dc23 2014044066 ISBN: 978-0-415-65681-8 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-315-70852-2 (ebk) Typeset in Times New Roman by Wearset Ltd, Boldon, Tyne and Wear Contents List of figures xi List of maps xii List of tables xiii Notes on contributors xiv Famines in European economic history: introduction 1 DECLAN CURRAN, LUBOMYR LUCIUK AND ANDREW G. NEWBY PART I The Great Irish Famine [An Gorta Mór], 1845 to 1850 17 1 From the ‘haggart’ to the Hudson: the Irish famine across many geographical scales 19 DECLAN CURRAN 2 Tracing ‘the march of the enemy’: regional and local experiences of the Irish famine 48 MARY KELLY 3 ‘The Great British Famine of 1845 to 1850’? Ireland, the UK and peripherality in famine relief and philanthropy 83 PETER GRAY PART II Finnish Famine [Suuret Nälkävuodet], 1867 to 1868 97 4 Finland’s ‘famine years’ of the 1860s: a nineteenth- century perspective 99 ANTTI HÄKKINEN AND HENRIK FORSBERG
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