Caitriona Clear

Social Change and Everyday Life in Ireland, 1850-1922

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Produktbeschreibung

Men and women who were born, grew up and died in Ireland between 1850 and 1922 made decisions - to train, to emigrate, to stay at home, to marry, to stay single, to stay at school - based on the knowledge and resources they had at the time. This, the first comprehensive social history of Ireland for the period 1850-1922 to appear since 1981, tries to understand that knowledge and to discuss those resources on the island, for men and women at all social levels, as a whole. Using original research, particularly on extreme poverty and public health, and neglected published sources - local history journals, popular autobiography, newspapers - as well as folklore and Irish language sources, this is a remarkable study on a crucial period in Irish history. However, it is also a lively read, reproducing the voices of the people and the stories of individuals whenever it can, questioning much of the accepted wisdom of Irish historiography over the past five decades. A fascinating book on Irish social history that will be enjoyed by both the student and general reader, written in a non-clichéd, jargon-free style.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 150mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9780719074370
• ISBN-10: 0719074371
• Artikelnr.: 22707709

Autorenporträt

Caitriona Clear lectures in modern Irish and European History at NUI, Galway

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Key dates in Irish political history Religion: explanatory
note Introduction Chapter 1: Farm work Chapter 2: Non-agricultural work
Chapter 3: Education Chapter 4:Emigration and migration Chapter 5: Marriage
Chapter 6: Public health Chapter 7: Institutions Chapter 8: On the margins:
vagrants and prostitutes Chapter 9: Housing, food, clothes Conclusion
APPENDIX BIBLIOGRAPHY