Precarious Childhood in Post-Independence Ireland

Informationen zum Autor Moira J. Maguire is Associate Professor of History at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock Klappentext 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 marginalised and ignored them. It closely examines 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.Maguire gives voice to those children who formed a significant proportion of the Irish population, but who have been ignored in the historical record. More importantly, it 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 academics and non-academics interested in the history of family and childhood as well as twentieth-century Irish social history. Zusammenfassung This book 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. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Poverty, family dysfunction, and State provision for neglected children2. Cherished equally? "Outdoor" provision for illegitimate children3. Cherished Equally? Institutional provision for illegitimate children4. 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 infanticide7. Desperate act or wilful choice? Infanticide and unwanted childrenIndex

Product details

• Authors: Moira Maguire, Moira J. Maguire, Maguire Moira
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.12.2009
• EAN: 9780719080814
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8081-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; European History, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, Ireland, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, Age groups: children