Moira Maguire

Precarious childhood in post-independence Ireland (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This fascinating study reveals the desperate plight of the poor, illegitimate, and abused children in an Irish society that claimed to cherish and hold them sacred, but in fact marginalized and ignored them. It examines closely the history of childhood in post-independence Ireland, and breaks new ground in examining the role of the state in caring for its most vulnerable citizens.

Maguire gives voice to those children who formed a significant proportion of the Irish population, but have been ignored in the historical record. More importantly, she uses their experiences as lenses through which to re-evaluate Catholic influence in post-independence Irish society.

An essential and timely work, this book offers a different interpretation of the relationships between the Catholic Church, the political establishment, and Irish people; important for those interested in the history of family and childhood as well as twentieth-century Irish social history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Severn House
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781847797599
• Artikelnr.: 44000544

Autorenporträt

Moira J. Maguire is Associate Professor of History at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Poverty, family dysfunction, and State provision for
neglected children 2. Cherished equally? "Outdoor" provision for
illegitimate children 3. Cherished Equally? Institutional provision for
illegitimate children 4. Legislating care and protection: The Carrigan
Committee, the age of consent, and adoption 5. The abused child? 6.
Sanctity of child life? Official responses to infanticide 7. Desperate act
or wilful choice? Infanticide and unwanted children Index