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