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Very apropos. Many of the worst effects of the Irish famine of 1846 can be attributed to British farm policy, such as an unwillingness to block the export of gr
by joeyo 16y ago
Very apropos. Many of the worst effects of the Irish famine of 1846 can be attributed to British farm policy, such as an unwillingness to block the export of grain from Ireland after the famine started.
- eru 16y agoAlso see the repeal of the Corn Laws, and (unrelated) the earlier improvement of farming methods that lead to the industrial revolution and who did the improving.