This volume explores economic, social, and political dimensions of three catastrophic famines which struck mid-nineteenth and early-twentieth century Europe; the Irish Famine (An Gorta Mór) of 1845-1850, the Finnish Famine (Suuret Nälkävuodet) of the 1860s and the Ukrainian Famine (Holodomor) of 1932/1933.

Famines in European Economic History: Introduction Section 1: The Great Irish Famine [An Gorta Mór], 1845-1850 1. From the "haggart" to the Hudson: The Irish Famine across many geographical scales 2. Tracing 'the march of the enemy': Regional and local experiences of the Irish famine 3. "The Great British Famine of 1845-50"? Ireland, the UK and Peripherality in Famine Relief and Philanthropy Section 2: Finnish Famine, [Suuret Nälkävuodet] 1867-1868 4. Finland's "Hunger Years" of the 1860s: The Nineteenth Century Context 5. Feeding the Famine: Social Vulnerability and Dislcation During the Finnish Famine of the 1860s 6. 'The Terrible Visitation': Famine in Finland and Ireland 1845-68 Section 3: Ukrainian Famine [Holodomor], 1932-1933 7. The origins and course of the famine of 1932-1933 in Soviet Ukraine 8. 1932-33 famine losses in Ukraine within the context of the Soviet Union 9. The uses of hunger: Stalin's solution of the peasant and national questions in Soviet Ukraine, 1932-1933