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  • Category: Books (Business & Economics)
  • Author:  Turner, Michael
  • Author:  Turner, Michael
  • ISBN-10:  0521890942
  • ISBN-10:  0521890942
  • ISBN-13:  9780521890946
  • ISBN-13:  9780521890946
  • Publisher:  Cambridge University Press
  • Publisher:  Cambridge University Press
  • Pages:  332
  • Pages:  332
  • Binding:  Paperback
  • Binding:  Paperback
  • Pub Date:  01-May-2002
  • Pub Date:  01-May-2002
  • SKU:  0521890942-11-MPOD
  • SKU:  0521890942-11-MPOD
  • Item ID: 101381441
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This 1996 book presents an important and detailed contribution to debate on Irish social, economic and agrarian history.Divided into three parts, this text examines Irish agriculture in the wake of the disastrous famine of the 1840's. It analyses changing agricultural structures in terms of land use and peasant occupancy; estimates the annual value of Irish output; and assesses Irish agricultural performance in terms of several measures of productivity.Divided into three parts, this text examines Irish agriculture in the wake of the disastrous famine of the 1840's. It analyses changing agricultural structures in terms of land use and peasant occupancy; estimates the annual value of Irish output; and assesses Irish agricultural performance in terms of several measures of productivity.After the Famine examines Irish agriculture in the wake of the disastrous famine of the 1840s. Michael Turner's detailed study is in three parts: he analyzes changing agricultural structures in terms of land use and peasant occupancy; he estimates the annual value of Irish output; he assesses Irish agricultural performance in terms of several measures of productivity. These analyses question prevailing orthodoxies about income distribution, and make an important contribution to a controversial area of Irish and economic history.1. Introduction: Ireland and Irish agricultural history in context; 2. Agricultural change; 3. The occupation of the land; 4. The product of the land: output; 5. The performance of agriculture; 6. Labour and the working of the land; 7. Conclusion - structure, output and performance, and the distribution of the spoils; Appendixes; Bibliography. A challenging study that requires a good understanding of quantitative history. Recommended for upper division undergraduates and above. C.W. Wood Jr., Choice The issues discussed in this book are central to our understanding of post-Famine Ireland. Turner's findings will be discussed and examined. Ireland's historianlCN
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