Politics, pauperism and power in late nineteenth-century Ireland / Virginia Crossman.

By:

Crossman, Virginia

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2006.Description: [vii], 248 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780719073779 (hbk.) :
9780719073779

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DDC classification:

362.5809415 CRO

LOC classification:

HV250.3

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Summary: This title explores the meanings of poverty, destitution and respectability in post-famine Ireland through the institution of the poor law. It analyses poor law administration from a social and a political perspective.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-234) and index.

1.The poor law system in nineteenth-century Ireland -- 2.Poor law boards and the advance of Irish Nationalism -- 3.Poor relief and the prosecution of the land campaign -- 4.Famine echoes: the relief of distress -- 5.Labourers\' cottages: the poor law as an engine of social change -- 6.Domestic politics: women and poor law administration.

This title explores the meanings of poverty, destitution and respectability in post-famine Ireland through the institution of the poor law. It analyses poor law administration from a social and a political perspective.