Charity and the Great Hunger in Ireland —— The Kindness of Strangers

----- 慈善和爱尔兰饥荒：陌生人的恩惠

ISBN: 9781441146489 出版年：2013 页码：425 Christine Kinealy Bloomsbury Publishing

Introduction 1. 'Apparitions of death and disease': Official responses to the famine 2. 'Some great and terrible calamity': Relief efforts from near and nfar 3. 'A labour of love': Quaker charity 4. 'An ocean of benevolence': The general relief committee of New York 5. 'Arise ye dead of Skibbereen': Leading by example 6. 'This cruel calamity of scarcity': The role of the Catholic Church 7. 'How good people are!' The involvement of women 8. 'A gloomy picture of human misery': The role of the British Relief Association 9. 'The brotherhood of mankind': Donations to the British Relief Association 10. 'Without distinction of creed or party, nation or colour': American aid 11. 'The most barbaric nation': Evangelicals and charity Conclusion: 'Thousands have by this means been saved' Notes Appendix Bibliography Index