{"product_id":"rot-an-imperial-history-of-the-irish-famine-9781541609198","title":"Rot: An Imperial History of the Irish Famine by Scanlan, Padraic X.","description":"\u003cb\u003eA revelatory new history of the Irish Great Famine, showing how the British Empire caused Ireland's most infamous disaster.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Vigorous and engaging.\" --Fintan O'Toole, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1845, European potato fields were attacked by a novel pathogen. But it was only in Ireland that the blight's devastation reached apocalyptic levels, leaving more than a million dead and forcing millions more to emigrate. In \u003ci\u003eRot\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Padraic X. Scanlan offers a new account of the Great Famine, showing how Ireland's place in the British Empire made it uniquely vulnerable to starvation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ireland's overreliance on the potato was a desperate adaptation to an unstable and unequal marketplace created by British colonialism. And when famine struck, relief efforts were premised on the idea that only free markets and wage labor could save the Irish. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Uncovering the disaster's roots in Britain's deep imperial faith in markets, commerce, and capitalism, \u003ci\u003eRot \u003c\/i\u003ereshapes our understanding of the Great Famine and its tragic legacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Padraic X. Scanlan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 5.54w x 0.83d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541609198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePadraic X. Scanlan\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor at the Centre for Industrial Relations \u0026amp; Human Resources and the Centre for Diaspora \u0026amp; Transnational Studies at the University of Toronto. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e. The author of two previous books, he lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67934636671129,"sku":"9781541609198","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/9781541609198.jpg?v=1793916955","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/rot-an-imperial-history-of-the-irish-famine-9781541609198","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}