Precarious Childhood in Post-Independence Ireland - Couverture rigide

Maguire, Moira

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0719080819 ISBN 13 : 9780719080814

Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2009

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This fascinating study reveals the desperate plight of the poor, neglected, illegitimate, and abused children in an Irish society that claimed to 'cherish' and hold them sacred, but in fact marginalized and ignored them. This is the first book to examine the history of childhood in post-independence Ireland, and it breaks new ground in examining the role of the state in caring for its most vulnerable citizens. This book will be important for those interested in the history of family and childhood, and twentieth century Irish social history. In foregrounding policy and practise as it related to poor, illegitimate, and abused children, this book gives voice to historical actors who formed a significant proportion of the Irish population but who have been ignored and marginalized in the historical record. More importantly, this book uses the experiences of those children as lenses through which to re-evaluate Catholic influence in post-independence Irish society. The historiography on church and state in modern Ireland tends to emphasise the formal means through which the church sought to ensure that Irish social policy was infused with Catholic principles. While it is almost cliche to suggest that the Catholic Church exerted influence over many aspects of Irish life, there have been few attempts to examine what this meant in practical terms. This book is an essential and timely work, offering a different interpretation of the relationship between and among the Catholic Church, the political establishment, and Irish people.

Biographie de l'auteur :

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

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Manchester University Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0719080819
• ISBN 13: 9780719080814
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256