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?
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.