 | Hunger and Famine in the Long Nineteenth Century Subjects: Humanities; Health and Welfare; Class and Work; States of Mind; Agencies and Institutions; Crime and Punishment; Race and Empire; Recreation and Consumption; Family and Demography; Rural and Urban Life; History; Religion; Standards of Living; Social Groups; Poverty; Political Beliefs and Ideologies; Local State; Philanthropy; Crimes; Welfare; Religious Denominations; The British Diaspora; Food and Diet; Punishments; Family; Working Conditions; Population; Slavery; Medical Care; Varieties of Religious Belief ; Communications; Types of Towns and Cities; Economic Developments; The Legal System; Death and Dying; Empire at Home; British History; Modern History 1750-1945; History Reference; Social & Cultural History; Religious History; Irish Great Famine; Working Classes; Slavery; Workhouses; Upper Classes; Middle Classes; Poor law; Motherhood; Child labour; Living Conditions; Emigration; Spiritualism; Press ; Roman Catholicism; London; Poor Relief; Policing; The Hungry Forties and the Great Famine, with their horrifying monikers, deserve a section just for the many voices engaged in political, humanitarian, and social venues in juxtaposition to the voices of the starving. This volume shows how rhetoric itself experiences a crisis of representation in the face of such dramatic, tragic events: how does a culture deal with its own chosen guilty and irrational psychological motives for casting a blind eye to famine within its own borders? Gail Turley Houston, Professor, British and Irish Literary Studies, University of New Mexico, USA |
