Why Ireland Starved A Quantitative and Analytical History of the Irish Economy, 1800-1850
by Joel Mokyr, Professor of Economics and History Joel Mokyr
Technical changes in the first half of the nineteenth century led to unprecedented economic growth and capital formation throughout Western Europe; and yet Ireland hardly participated in this process at all. While the Northern Atlantic Economy prospered, the Great Irish Famine of 1845-50 killed a million and a half people and caused hundreds of thousands to flee the country. Why the Irish economy failed to grow, and 'why Ireland starved' remains an unresolved riddle of economic history.
Business & EconomicsEconomic History
RELEASED1983
PUBLISHERAllen & Unwin
LENGTH330
LANGUAGEEN
Why Ireland Starved A Quantitative and Analytical History of the Irish Economy, 1800-1850
by Joel Mokyr, Professor of Economics and History Joel Mokyr
Technical changes in the first half of the nineteenth century led to unprecedented economic growth and capital formation throughout Western Europe; and yet Ireland hardly participated in this process at all. While the Northern Atlantic Economy prospered, the Great Irish Famine of 1845-50 killed a million and a half people and caused hundreds of thousands to flee the country. Why the Irish economy failed to grow, and 'why Ireland starved' remains an unresolved riddle of economic history.
Business & EconomicsEconomic History
RELEASED1983
PUBLISHERAllen & Unwin
LENGTH330
LANGUAGEEN