potato famine

Examples of potato famine in the following topics:

• Irish Immigration

  • A second wave of Irish Catholic immigration began in the 1840s following the potato famine in Ireland.
  • The Irish potato famine (1845–1849) destroyed much of the potato crop in Ireland and sent the entire country into starvation.
  • In Lowell, Massachusetts, for example, the daughters of New England farmers encountered competition from the daughters of Irish farmers suffering the effects of the potato famine; these immigrant women were more easily exploited by employers, working for far less money and enduring worse conditions than native-born women.
  • Irish immigration begin in the mid-eighteenth century and intensified during the great potato famine of 1845–1849.

• Immigration to the United States

  • The great potato famine in Ireland (1845–1849) drove the Irish to the United States in large numbers; they emigrated directly from their homeland to escape poverty and death.
  • In Lowell, Massachusetts, for example, the daughters of New England farmers encountered competition from the daughters of Irish farmers suffering the effects of the potato famine; these immigrant women were more likely to be exploited by employers, working for far less money and enduring worse conditions than native-born women.

• Immigrant Labor

  • In Lowell, Massachusetts, for example, the daughters of New England farmers encountered competition from the daughters of Irish farmers suffering the effects of the potato famine; these immigrant women were willing to work for far less and endure worse conditions than native-born women.

• The Beginnings of the Labor Movement

  • In Lowell, Massachusetts, for example, the daughters of New England farmers encountered competition from the daughters of Irish farmers suffering the effects of the potato famine; these immigrant women were willing to work for far less and to endure worse conditions than native-born women were, and American manufacturers took advantage of this to keep wages low.

• The Final Ledger of Deaths

  • Civilian casualties include deaths caused by strategic bombing, Holocaust victims, German war crimes, Japanese war crimes, population transfers in the Soviet Union, other war crimes, and deaths due to war related famine and disease.
  • The higher figure of over 80 million includes deaths from war-related disease and famine.
  • Civilians killed totaled 50 to 55 million, including 19 to 28 million from war-related disease and famine.
  • For nations that suffered huge losses, such as the U.S.S.R., China, Poland, Germany, and Yugoslavia, sources often give only the total estimated population loss caused by the war and a rough estimate of the breakdown of deaths caused by military activity, crimes against humanity, and war-related famine.
  • Other numbers are often omitted, such as, for example, 19 to 25 million war-related famine deaths in the USSR, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and India.

• Innovation and Limitation

  • Potatoes, tomatoes, tomatillos (a husked green tomato), pumpkins, chili peppers, squash, beans, pineapple, sweet potatoes, the grains quinoa and amaranth, cocoa beans, vanilla, onion, peanuts, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, papaya, and avocados were among other plants grown by natives.

• Enduring Cultures

  • A diffusion by human agents has been put forward to explain the pre-Columbian presence in Oceania of several cultivated plant species native to South America, such as the bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) or sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas).

• The Korean War

  • Estimates based on the most recent North Korean census suggest that 240,000 to 420,000 people died as a result of the 1990s North Korean famine and that there were 600,000 to 850,000 unnatural deaths in North Korea from 1993 to 2008.
  • The North Korean government has been accused of "crimes against humanity" for its alleged culpability in creating and prolonging the 1990s famine.

• Early New England Society

  • Some grew potatoes, which provided a high production rate that was an advantage for small farms.

• The Defeat of Japan

  • The damage done to Japan's infrastructure, combined with a severe famine in 1946, further complicated the Allied efforts to feed the Japanese POWs and civilians.