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Titre : | Charity and the Great Hunger in Ireland : The Kindness of Strangers |
Auteurs : | Christine KINEALY, Auteur |
Type de document : | Livre |
Éditeur et lieu d'édition : | Londres : Bloomsbury, 2013 |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-1-4411-4648-9 |
Format : | 411 p. |
Langues: | Anglais |
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Résumé : | Table of contents: 1. 'Apparitions of death and disease': Official responses to the famine 2. 'Some great and terrible calamity': Relief efforts from near and far 3. 'A labour of love': Quaker charity 4. 'An ocean of benevolence': The general relief committee of New York 5. 'Arise ye dead of Skibbereen': Leading by example 6. 'This cruel calamity of scarcity': The role of the Catholic Church 7. 'How good people are!' The involvement of women 8. 'A gloomy picture of human misery': The role of the British Relief Association 9. 'The brotherhood of mankind': Donations to the British Relief Association 10. 'Without distinction of creed or party, nation or colour': American aid 11. 'The most barbaric nation': Evangelicals and charity ; Conclusion: 'Thousands have by this means been saved' |
Pays de publication : | Grande-Bretagne (Royaume Uni) |
Lieu de publication : | Londres |
Mention de responsabilité : | Christine Kinealy |
Date figurant sur le document : | 2013 |
Fonds : | Médiathèque |
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