LANDLORDS, TENANTS, FAMINE: THE BUSINESS OF AN IRISH LAND AGENCY IN THE 1840S

"Desmond Norton's study of the relationships between landlords and tenants in Ireland during the Great Famine period of the 1840s is principally based on a large uncatalogued archive in private ownership of the Stewart & Kincaid land agents. Much of the information from this unique resource is being published for the first time. Norton challenges existing assumptions about landlord-tenant relations, emigration and land improvement during the famine decade."--BOOK JACKET.