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This text traces the history of food and famine in Ireland from the 16th century to the early 20th century. The authors explore the economic and social forces w... » 

This text traces the history of food and famine in Ireland from the 16th century to the early 20th century. The authors explore the economic and social forces which lay behind these changes as well as the more personal motives of taste, preference, acceptability, nutrition and, unavoidably, famine. «