Cover -- Victims of Ireland's Great Famine -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Setting the Stage for a Bioarchaeology of the Great Irish Famine -- 2. "An entire nation of paupers": Contextualizing Poverty and Famine in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Ireland and Kilkenny -- 3. A Life Endured in Poverty: A Social Bioarchaeology of the "Deserving Poor" -- 4. Institutionalization as the Last Resort: Famine Diseases, Mortality, and Medical Interventions -- 5. The Bioarchaeology of the Human Experience of Famine and Disaster: Shedding New Light on the Realities of the Great Irish Famine -- 6. Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index.