After the Famine: Irish Agriculture, 1850 1914

ISBN-13: 9780521553889 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 330 str.

Michael Turner

Opis

After the Famine examines Irish agriculture in the wake of the disastrous famine of the 1840s. Michael Turner's detailed study is in three parts: he analyzes changing agricultural structures in terms of land use and peasant occupancy; he estimates the annual value of Irish output; he assesses Irish agricultural performance in terms of several measures of productivity. These analyses question prevailing orthodoxies about income distribution, and make an important contribution to a controversial area of Irish and economic history.

Recenzje

Review of the hardback: '… remains an impressive contribution to the economic history of Victorian and Edwardian Ireland.' Irish Studies Review

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Ireland and Irish agricultural history in context; 2. Agricultural change; 3. The occupation of the land; 4. The product of the land: output; 5. The performance of agriculture; 6. Labour and the working of the land; 7. Conclusion - structure, output and performance, and the distribution of the spoils; Appendixes; Bibliography.