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Geber, Jonny,

Victims of Ireland's great famine : the bioarchaeology of mass burials at Kilkenny Union Workhouse / Jonny Geber ; foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen. - 1 online resource - Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past: local, regional, and global perspectives . - Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Setting the stage for a bioarchaeology of the great Irish famine -- "An entire nation of paupers": contextualizing poverty and famine in mid-nineteenth-century Ireland and Kilkenny -- A life endured in poverty: a social bioarchaeology of the "deserving poor" -- Institutionalization as the last resort: famine diseases, mortality, and medical interventions -- The bioarchaeology of the human experience of famine and disaster: shedding new light on the -- Realities of the great Irish famine.

Geber uses the analysis of the remains from the mass burial ground within the former union workhouse in Kilkenny found in 2005 to address central questions regarding health conditions at the workhouse and to shed new light on the famine.


English.

ISBN: 9780813055633 (electronic bk.) 0813055636 (electronic bk.) 9780813051475 0813051479

Source: 22573/ctvwv2ktq JSTOR

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1800-1899

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Famines--History--Ireland--Kilkenny (County)--19th century.
Mass burials--History--Ireland--Kilkenny (County)--19th century.
Workhouses--History--Ireland--19th century.
Starvation--History--19th century.
Poor--History--Ireland--19th century.
Malnutrition.
Demography.
Social problems.
Ethnology.
Public welfare.
Sociology.
Nutrition disorders.
History.
Anthropology.
Social sciences.
Medical care.
Public health.
Humanities.
Diseases.
Almshouses.
Poverty.
Starvation.
Archaeology.
Socioeconomic Factors
Malnutrition
Demography
Social Problems
Charities
History, Modern 1601-
Anthropology, Cultural
Social Welfare
Sociology
Population Characteristics
Nutrition Disorders
History
Epidemiologic Measurements
Anthropology
Social Sciences
Delivery of Health Care
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Public Health
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
Humanities
Environment and Public Health
Disease
Almshouses
History, 19th Century
Health Status
Poverty
Starvation
Archaeology
Starvation--history
Poverty--history
Working Poor--history
Almshouses--history
Archaeology--methods
History, Early Modern 1451-1600
Ethnology
Public Assistance
Famines--Histoire--Irlande--Kilkenny (Comté)--19e siècle.
Sépultures collectives--Histoire--Irlande--Kilkenny (Comté)--19e siècle.
Ateliers prisons--Histoire--Irlande--19e siècle.
Inanition--Histoire--19e siècle.
Pauvres--Histoire--Irlande--19e siècle.
Malnutrition.
Démographie.
Problèmes sociaux.
Médecine--Histoire--1500-
Ethnologie.
Aide sociale.
Sociologie.
Maladies de la nutrition.
Histoire.
Anthropologie.
Sciences sociales.
Prestation de soins.
Santé publique.
Sciences humaines.
Maladies.
Asiles d'indigents.
Médecine--Histoire--19e siècle.
Pauvreté.
Inanition.
Archéologie.
demography.
social issues.
ethnology.
social anthropology.
welfare services.
sociology.
history (discipline)
anthropology.
social sciences.
public health.
humanities.
illness.
disease.
poverty.
starvation.
archaeology.
HISTORY--Europe--Great Britain.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Archaeology.
Famines.
Mass burials.
Poor.
Starvation.
Workhouses.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852.
Ireland.
Ireland
Irlande--Histoire--1845-1852 (Grande Famine)
Irlande.
Ireland.
Ireland--Kilkenny (County)

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: DA950.7 / .G43 2015eb

Dewey Class. No.: 941.5081

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2015 K-490 DA 950.7