Spaces for Famine: A Comparative Geographical Analysis of Famine in Ireland and the Highlands in the 1840s

This paper examines the famines in the Highlands and Ireland during the 1840s in the light of recent theoretical developments. It describes the mechanisms of uneven incorporation and contemporaneous discourses about poverty and political economy which created 'spaces for famine'. The analy...

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Published in:Transactions - Institute of British Geographers (1965) 1996-01, Vol.21 (4), p.666-680
Main Author: Young, Liz
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Famine
Highlands
Irish famine
Irish history
Irish immigration
Irish politics
Political economy
Poverty
Socioeconomics
Tenants
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Summary:This paper examines the famines in the Highlands and Ireland during the 1840s in the light of recent theoretical developments. It describes the mechanisms of uneven incorporation and contemporaneous discourses about poverty and political economy which created 'spaces for famine'. The analysis emphasizes the tensions, differences and complexities that typified changes before the famines and which explain their differential impacts.
ISSN:0020-2754
1475-5661
DOI:10.2307/622393