"That coming storm": The Irish poor law, colonial biopolitics, and the great famine

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 714-741

  Nally, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biopolitics; Colonialism; Famine; Ireland; Political economy

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; FAMINE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POVERTY; SOVEREIGNTY;

COUNTY DUBLIN; DUBLIN [COUNTY DUBLIN]; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; LEINSTER; WESTERN EUROPE;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 65449118367     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045600802118426     Document Type: Article

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