. Potato crops were the best option for Irish people because potatoes provide lots of nutrients and the crops were easy to grow in Irish lands due to their adaptability in almost any surface. However‚ the dependency on potatoes started to be dangerous when a new potato disease commonly known as potato blight affected the crops year after year in the 1840’s. This disease caused the loss of great part of the crops until the end of the decade‚ but especially in the year 1847‚ called the black forty-seven
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The Irish Potato Famine Six long years‚ with over 1 million dead‚ and nearly a quarter of the population missing‚ the Irish Potato Famine left a massive imprint in history (Irish 1). Most people underestimate the destruction of the Potato Famine because 1 million does not look like very many in today’s population numbers. Back in the 1800’s‚ less than 8 million populated Ireland. With their largest food source destroyed‚ the Irish looked upon Britain for help‚ in
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Book reviews: Literature of the Indian Diaspora edited by O.P. Dwivedi. Vivek Kumar Dwivedi. Transnational Literature Vol. 4 no. 2‚ May 2012. http://fhrc.flinders.edu.au/transnational/home.html O.P. Dwivedi‚ Literature of the Indian Diaspora (Pencraft International‚ 2011) Literature of the Indian Diaspora constitutes a major study of the literature and other cultural texts of the Indian diaspora. It is also an important contribution to diaspora theory in general. Applying a theoretical framework
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Tracking Diaspora: Recent developments to the concept Michelle Shalini Ramakrishnan(P49301) 1.0 INTRODUCTION This essay attempts to examine the recent developments and evolvement to the concept of diaspora. The articles used in this essay to explore the above mentioned issue are Diaspora: Moving Beyond Minority Status by Mary Lou L. Alcid‚ The (Re)Turn of the Native: Diaspora‚ Transnationalism‚ and the Re-Inscription of ‘Home” by Prof Krishna Sen‚ Un/Settling Malaysia: Diaspora and National
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Great Irish Famine Ireland 1847 Approved by the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education on September 10th‚ 1996‚ for inclusion in the Holocaust and Genocide Curriculum at the secondary level. Revision submitted 11/26/98. 0. DEDICATION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This curriculum is dedicated to the millions of Irish who suffered and perished in the Great Starvation. It is also dedicated to those who escaped by emigration‚ and to the great Irish Diaspora worldwide. The Irish Famine
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THE IRISH POTATO FAMINE Pre-Famine History The potato was introduced to Europe sometime in the 16th century. There are many theories on how it arrived‚ but the one with the most credibility is from a case study done by Theresa Purcell. She explains how the white potato‚ also known as the Irish potato‚ originated in the Andean Mountains and was brought to Europe by the Spaniards. The potato was originally classified in the same family as the poisonous nightshade so people refrained from eating
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Irish Influencing America Ways The Irish traditions influence many things in American that we Americans really barely even realize The annual celebration of Saint Patrick’s Day is a generally known as a sign of the Irish existence in America. One of the largest celebrations of the Irish holiday takes place in New York‚ where the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade draws anywhere to two million people. The second-largest celebration is held in Boston at the South Boston Parade. It’s one the nation’s
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HUMAN DIASPORA HISTORY EUROPEAN DIASPORA European history contains numerous diaspora-like events. In ancient times‚ the trading and colonising activities of the Greek tribes from the Balkans and Asia Minor spread people of Greek culture‚ religion and language around the Mediterranean and Black Sea basins‚ establishing Greek city states in Magna Graecia (Sicily‚ southern Italy)‚ northern Libya‚ eastern Spain‚ the south of France‚ and the Black Sea coasts. Greeks founded more than 400 colonies. Alexander
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Theme: Diaspora Dr Jamaluddin Bin Aziz PPBL‚ FSSK‚ UKM Definition Greek = ‘to disperse’ Refers to any people of ethnic population forced or induced to leave their traditional ethnic homelands‚ being dispersed throughout other parts of the world‚ and the ensuing developments in their dispersal and culture migration‚ sojourning and colonisation. Definition Hebrew ‘exile’ Refers to the populations of Jews exiled from Judea in 586 BC by the Babylonians‚ and Jerusalem in 135 AC by the Roman Empire
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To fully understand the Global Dimension of the African Diaspora‚ you must first comprehend the meaning of the word Diaspora; which is when a group of ethnic people move from their motherland into another country. In America this is common among Africans‚ Asians‚ Mexicans‚ Indians‚ Persians‚ and Jewish people. While in their host country they abide by the rules and regulations‚ but at the same time sustain a relationship to their motherland. In the communities which they live businesses and restaurants
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