Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The sources of financial and political instability
- 2 The economic-policy reforms of Sir Robert Peel
- 3 Famine relief before the crises of 1847
- 4 Famine relief during and after the crises
- 5 The intentions and consequences of redistributive relief policy
- 6 Ireland and Mauritius: the British Empire’s other famine in 1847
- Conclusion: Britain’s biggest economic-policy failure
- Bibliography
- Index
- People, Markets, Goods: Economies and Societies in History
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 December 2022
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The sources of financial and political instability
- 2 The economic-policy reforms of Sir Robert Peel
- 3 Famine relief before the crises of 1847
- 4 Famine relief during and after the crises
- 5 The intentions and consequences of redistributive relief policy
- 6 Ireland and Mauritius: the British Empire’s other famine in 1847
- Conclusion: Britain’s biggest economic-policy failure
- Bibliography
- Index
- People, Markets, Goods: Economies and Societies in History
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- The Great Famine in Ireland and Britain’s Financial Crisis , pp. 337 - 342Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2022