History A-Level

Food export and moral economy

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The problem of export of food from Ireland during the Famine raised questions about market principles and moralist arguments about markets.

Pearson Edexcel · Paper 3, Option 36.2: Ireland and the Union, c1774–1923 - 3 The Irish Famine, 1843–51 (study guide)

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Paper 3, Option 36.2: Ireland and the Union, c1774–1923 - 3 The Irish Famine, 1843–51 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)

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