The Famine as seen by the French: The Journal des Débats and the Great Famine 1846-1847

This paper looks at how the politically orthodox Journal des Débats politiques et littéraires, close to governmental circles in France, perceived and reported on issues concerning Ireland in the critical years 1846 and 1847. Its sources of information were the English and Irish press, and the column...

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Main Author: Susan FINDING
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Poitiers 2015-04-01
Series:Cahiers du MIMMOC
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/mimmoc/1830
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spelling doaj-6528171b756041fdb9757f17b575095f2020-11-24T23:05:14ZengUniversité de PoitiersCahiers du MIMMOC1951-67892015-04-011210.4000/mimmoc.1830The Famine as seen by the French: The Journal des Débats and the Great Famine 1846-1847Susan FINDINGThis paper looks at how the politically orthodox Journal des Débats politiques et littéraires, close to governmental circles in France, perceived and reported on issues concerning Ireland in the critical years 1846 and 1847. Its sources of information were the English and Irish press, and the columns of its pages reveal sympathy both for the British government – with the emphasis placed heavily on lessons to be learnt on how to avoid social unrest in times of dearth - but also for the (Catholic) Irish people suffering at the hands of fate in a situation engendered by English colonialism: wrought by God, abetted by the English.http://journals.openedition.org/mimmoc/1830faminereliefsocial unrestCorn Lawsfree tradeRepeal
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The Famine as seen by the French: The Journal des Débats and the Great Famine 1846-1847
Cahiers du MIMMOC
famine
relief
social unrest
Corn Laws
free trade
Repeal
author_facet Susan FINDING
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title The Famine as seen by the French: The Journal des Débats and the Great Famine 1846-1847
title_short The Famine as seen by the French: The Journal des Débats and the Great Famine 1846-1847
title_full The Famine as seen by the French: The Journal des Débats and the Great Famine 1846-1847
title_fullStr The Famine as seen by the French: The Journal des Débats and the Great Famine 1846-1847
title_full_unstemmed The Famine as seen by the French: The Journal des Débats and the Great Famine 1846-1847
title_sort famine as seen by the french: the journal des débats and the great famine 1846-1847
publisher Université de Poitiers
series Cahiers du MIMMOC
issn 1951-6789
publishDate 2015-04-01
description This paper looks at how the politically orthodox Journal des Débats politiques et littéraires, close to governmental circles in France, perceived and reported on issues concerning Ireland in the critical years 1846 and 1847. Its sources of information were the English and Irish press, and the columns of its pages reveal sympathy both for the British government – with the emphasis placed heavily on lessons to be learnt on how to avoid social unrest in times of dearth - but also for the (Catholic) Irish people suffering at the hands of fate in a situation engendered by English colonialism: wrought by God, abetted by the English.
topic famine
relief
social unrest
Corn Laws
free trade
Repeal
url http://journals.openedition.org/mimmoc/1830
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