In this Book
- Victims of Ireland's Great Famine: The Bioarchaeology of Mass Burials at Kilkenny Union Workhouse
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: University Press of Florida
- Series: Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local, Regional, and Global Perspectives
summary
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.
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Additional Information
ISBN
9780813055633
MARC Record
OCLC
921889193
Pages
288
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No