Ireland's Great Hunger

Ireland's Great Hunger
ISBN-10
0761848991
ISBN-13
9780761848998
Category
Famines
Pages
237
Language
English
Published
2002
Publisher
University Press of America
Authors
Christine Kinealy, David A. Valone

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