Charles Trevelyan and the Great Irish Famine

Abbreviations vii Chronology of the potato blight and official relief operations viii Preface xi Introduction: Charles Trevelyan and his critics 1(26) PART ONE THE CONTEXT 1 Politics, religion, and the 'moralist circle' 27(22) 2 Civil service, public works, and economic development 49(18) 3 Prelude to the first blue books 67(39) PART TWO RELIEF POLICY AND PRACTICE: THE CONSERVATIVES, 1845-46 4 Trevelyan under Peel, Graham and Goulburn 106(35) 5 Tensions: Westminster, Dublin Castle, and the Treasury 141(33) 6 Trevelyan and relief policy under the Conservatives, November 1845 July 1846 174(29) PART THREE RELIEF POLICY AND PRACTICE: THE WHIGS, 1846-52 7 Relief policy: the Whigs take over 203(36) 8 Muddling through: the new season opens, September 1846 239(33) 9 Black '47: From public works to soup kitchens 272(33) 10 Black '47: The Poor Law and the Relief Commission 305(34) 11 Black '47: Another winter campaign 339(28) 12 Black '47: Walking the tightrope 367(30) 13 1848: The Burgoyne Commission and the British Association 397(30) 14 1848: The Poor Law Commission, destitution, and emigration 427(23) 15 1848: Withdrawal of relief, part 1 450(29) 16 1848: Withdrawal of relief, part 2 479(27) 17 1849-52: The Board of Works and the Poor Law Commission 506(27) 18 Landlords, policy, and Trevelyan's reputation 533(14) Appendix 1 Trevelyan, his subordinates, and the gratuity of 1847 547(8) Appendix 2 The commercial crisis of 1847 555(4) Bibliography 559(12) Index 571