Name

Chapter 14 — The Devastation

Description

The human cost. Economic collapse, emigration, institutional failure. The harbours rotting, the warehouses empty, the children offered to Dublin. Robertson's 'universal terror.' Every statistic anchored in a named person or a specific place. The petitions filed into silence.

Period

1765–1800

Key Figures

Key figures: Charles Lutwidge, Caesar Parr, John Taubman

Part

Part III: Rank Is but a Guinea Stamp

Type

Chapter