Victims of Ireland's great famine : the bioarchaeology of mass burials at Kilkenny Union Workhouse / Jonny Geber ; foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Geber, Jonny, author.

Larsen, Clark Spencer, author of introduction, etc.

Series:

Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past

Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past : Local, Regional, and Global Perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Famines--Ireland--Kilkenny (County)--History--19th century.

Famines.

Mass burials--Ireland--Kilkenny (County)--History--19th century.

Mass burials.

Workhouses--Ireland--History--19th century.

Workhouses.

Starvation--History--19th century.

Starvation.

Poor--Ireland--History--19th century.

Poor.

Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Geber uses the analysis of the remains from the mass burial ground within the former union workhouse in Kilkenny found in 2005 to address central questions regarding health conditions at the workhouse and to shed new light on the famine.

Contents:

Setting the stage for a bioarchaeology of the great Irish famine

"An entire nation of paupers": contextualizing poverty and famine in mid-nineteenth-century Ireland and Kilkenny

A life endured in poverty: a social bioarchaeology of the "deserving poor"

Institutionalization as the last resort: famine diseases, mortality, and medical interventions

The bioarchaeology of the human experience of famine and disaster: shedding new light on the

Realities of the great Irish famine.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8130-5147-9

0-8130-5563-6

OCLC:

921889193