Social change and everyday life in Ireland, 1850-1922
By Caitriona Clear
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- Format: Hardcover
- ISBN: 978-0-7190-7437-0
- Pages: 224
- Price: £80.00
- Published Date: October 2007
Description
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.
Contents
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
Author
Caitriona Clear lectures in modern Irish and European History at NUI, Galway