Did the Great Irish Famine Matter
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4839596 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin O''Rourke, Kevin O'Rourke, Kevin O' Rourke (Columbia University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-22 |
| Publication date | 1991-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s002205070003833x |
| OpenAlex | W2135576957 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 18 |
This article tests the hypothesis that price shocks in international commodity markets would by themselves have led to a fall in agricultural labor demand in rural Ireland in the absence of the Famine. This hypothesis has been used by revisionist historians to argue that the Famine was not a structural break between two distinct eras in Irish economic history. In refuting the hypothesis, this article joins a more recent cliometric tradition that has sought to restore the Famine to its rightful place as a major watershed in nineteenth-century Ireland
Archaeology · Commodity · Development economics · Economic history · Economics · Famine · Irish · Market economy · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Philosophy
Hunger and migration in a rural-traditional area in the nineteenth century
Emigration and living standards in Ireland since the Famine
Microcredit and adjustment to environmental shock
Los precios en europa durante los siglos XVI y XVII
The Revisionist Debate in Ireland
The Impact of Globalization in the Roman Empire, 200 bc — ad 100
Regional industrial structure and labour force decline in Ireland between 1841 and 1851
The Cambridge History of Ireland
Postfamine stature and socioeconomic status in Ireland
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Irish Economic and Demographic History
Rural depopulation in a small open economy
The Next World and the New World
Monetary aggregates for Ireland, 1840-1921
Ireland; industrial and agricultural
European Historical Statistics 1750–1970
Ireland before and after the Famine
The Economic History of Ireland from the Union to the Famine
Irish Agricultural Production. Its Volume and Structure
Irish Population, Economy and Society
The History and Social Influence of the Potato
Economics of Development
The Disappearance of the Irish Agricultural Labourer, 1841-1912
Why Ireland Starved
New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700-1850
Ireland before and after the Famine
An Economic History of Ireland Since 1660
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,37 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2019 (29) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |