From a Lecture on the Causes of the Irish Famine (Pearson Education, Inc)

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Baylor College Medical School

From a Lecture on the Causes of the Irish Famine (Pearson Education, Inc)

1. What are some problems Hughes cities but says do not explain the famine?

Asked by greta r #218157 on 9/12/2013 11:09 PM

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Answered by Aslan on 9/12/2013 11:29 PM

He questions why the famine depended on a single root (potato). There were other foods that could have been grown. He questions why blame was put on the people themselves as being ignorant when they were not.

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