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Yardsticks for workhouses during the Great Famine

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  • Cormac Ó Gráda, 2007. "Yardsticks for workhouses during the Great Famine," Working Papers 200708, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
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    1. Timothy W. Guinnane & Cormac Ó Gr´da, 2002. "Mortality in the North Dublin Union during the Great Famine," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 55(3), pages 487-506, August.
    2. Mokyr, Joel & Ó Grã Da, Cormac, 2002. "What do people die of during famines: the Great Irish Famine in comparative perspective," European Review of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 6(3), pages 339-363, December.
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    1. Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh & Margaret Ó hÓgartaigh & Tom Tyson, 2012. "‘Irish property should pay for Irish poverty’: accounting for the poor in pre-famine Ireland," Accounting History Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(3), pages 227-248, November.

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    Ireland--History--Famine; 1845-1852; Famines--Ireland; Workhouses--Law and legislation;
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