The Irish through British eyes

Edward G Lengel

The Irish through British eyes : perceptions of Ireland in the Famine era /Edward G Lengel - Westport, Conn. : Praeger , 2002. - xi, 184 pages ; 24 cm

1. Race, Gender, Class and the Historiography of English Perceptions of the Irish --
2. Public Perceptions of the Irish Question, 1840-1845 --
3. Official Britain and the Condition of the Ireland Question, 1841-1852 --
4. The Famine and English Public Opinion, 1845-1850 --
5. Aftermath of Disaster: Public Perceptions of the Irish Question, 1850-1860.

This study describes the change in 19th-century British perceptions of relations with Ireland from a gendered rhetoric of marriage to one of master and servant. It demonstrates that these changes came as a result of the potato famine of 1846 to 1852

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International relations--Ireland -- Foreign public opinion, British -- History -- 19th century.

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