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Victims of Ireland's Great Famine
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Victims of Ireland's Great Famine

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With one million dead, and just as many forced to emigrate, the Irish Famine (1845-52) is among the worst health calamities in history. In 2006, archaeologists discovered a mass burial containing the remains of nearly 1,000 Kilkenny Union workhouse inmates. In the first bioarchaeological study of Great Famine victims, Jonny Geber uses skeletal analysis to tell the story of how and why the Irish Famine decimated the lowest levels of nineteenth century society.

By examining the physical conditions of the inmates that might have contributed to their institutionalization, as well as to the resulting health consequences, Geber sheds new and unprecedented light on Ireland’s Great Hunger.
Undertittel
The Bioarchaeology of Mass Burials at Kilkenny Union Workhouse
Forfatter
Jonny Geber
ISBN
9780813061177
Språk
Engelsk
Vekt
557 gram
Utgivelsesdato
11.11.2015
Antall sider
288