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Feast and famine : food and nutrition in Ireland, 1500-1920 / L. A. Clarkson and E. Margaret Crawford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clarkson, L. A. (Leslie Albert), 1933- author.
- Crawford, E. Margaret, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food habits--Ireland--History.
- Food habits.
- Potatoes--Social aspects--Ireland--History.
- Potatoes.
- Food supply--Ireland--History.
- Food supply.
- Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852.
- Ireland.
- Ireland--Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 325p.) : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text traces the history of food and famine in Ireland. The authors explore the economic and social forces which have lain behind changes in diet, as well as the more personal motives of taste, preference, and nutrition.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-319) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-154367-5
- 1-4237-8602-5
- 1-280-44594-7
- OCLC:
- 1027195510
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