ISBN10: 2503519857, ISBN13: 9782503519852, [publisher: Turnhout, Brepols] Softcover 342 S. Ehem. Bibliotheksexemplar mit Bib.-Signatur und Stempel. Guter Zustand, ein paar Gebrauchsspuren. Ex-library with stamp and library-signature on spine. Good condition, some traces of use. mz1073 9782503519852 Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550
[Löbnitz, Germany] [Publication Year: 2007]
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Brepols Publishers. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Brepols Publishers ISBN 2503519857 9782503519852 [US]

ISBN10: 2503519857, ISBN13: 9782503519852, [publisher: Brepols Publishers] Softcover Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
[Reno, NV, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

ISBN10: 2503519857, ISBN13: 9782503519852, [publisher: Brepols Publishers] Softcover Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
[Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

Turnhout Brepols 2007. Paperback, 342 p., 156 x 234 mm. ISBN 9782503519852. The decade that gave rise to the term 'the Hungry Forties' in Europe is often regarded, and rightly so, as one of deprivation, unrest, and revolution. Two events, the Great Irish Famine and the various political events of '1848' , stand out. This book is the first to discuss the subsistence crisis of the 1840s in a truly comparative way. This subsistence crisis may be divided into two rather distinct elements. On the one hand, the failure of the potato caused by the new, unfamiliar fungus, phytophthera infestans, which first struck Europe in mid-1845, resulted in a catastrophe in Ireland that killed about one million people, and radically transformed its landscape and economy. Poor potato crops in 1845 and in the following years also resulted in significant excess mortality elsewhere in Europe. On the other hand, this period, and 1846 in particular, was also one of poor wheat and rye harvests throughout much of Europe. Failure of the grain harvest alone rarely resulted in a subsistence crisis, but the combination of poor potato and grain harvests in a single place was a lethal one. Connections between the local and the global, between the economic and the political, and between the rural and the industrial, make the crisis of the late 1840s a multi-layered one. This book offers a comparative perspective on the causes and the effects of what is sometimes considered as the ?last? ...

ISBN10: 2503519857, ISBN13: 9782503519852, [publisher: Brepols Publishers] Softcover First Edition
[Bristol, CT, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

ISBN10: 2503519857, ISBN13: 9782503519852, [publisher: Brepols N.V.] Softcover
[Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

Brepols Publishers, Date: 2007-03-02. Paperback. Used:Good. 2007. Brepols Publishers ISBN 2503519857 9782503519852 [US]