Victims of Ireland's great famine [electronic resource] : the bioarchaeology of mass burials at Kilkenny Union Workhouse / Jonny Geber ; foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen.

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Geber, Jonny (Author)
Other Authors: Larsen, Clark Spencer (Author of introduction, etc.)
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]
Series:Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past: local, regional, and global perspectives
Subjects:
Famines > Ireland > Kilkenny (County) > History > 19th century.
Mass burials > Ireland > Kilkenny (County) > History > 19th century.
Workhouses > Ireland > History > 19th century.
Starvation > History > 19th century.
Poor > Ireland > History > 19th century.
Ireland > History > Famine, 1845-1852.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2015 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2015 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2015 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Victims of Ireland's Great Famine: The Bioarchaeology of Mass Burials at Kilkenny Union Workhouse
Format: Electronic eBook
Description
Summary:
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.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-271) and index.
ISBN:9780813051475 (online)
9780813055633 (online)
9780813063447 (online)