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Feast and famine : a history of food in Ireland, 1500-1920 /
By: Clarkson, Leslie A
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Contributor(s): Crawford, E. Margaret.
Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001Description: vi, 325 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0198227515; 9780198227519:; 9780198227519.Subject(s): Food habits -- Ireland -- History | Diet -- Ireland -- History | Potatoes -- Social aspects -- Ireland -- History | Nutrition -- Ireland -- History | Food supply -- Ireland -- History | Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852 | Ireland -- Social life and customsDDC classification: 363.809415 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-319) and index.
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.