Charles Trevelyan, John Mitchel and the historiography of the Great Famine
The books of Charles Trevelyan (1847) and John Mitchel (1860) constitute pioneering writings on the Great Famine and despite their extreme views they defined a framework which helps to understand later historiographical developments, from nationalism to revisionism and to post-revisionism. Beyond th...
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Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique
2014-09-01
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| Series: | Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique |
| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/281 |