Precarious childhood in post-independence Ireland [electronic resource] / Moira Maguire.
2009
HV757.A6 M33 2009eb
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Precarious childhood in post-independence Ireland [electronic resource] / Moira Maguire.
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9780719080814 (hbk.)
0719080819 (hbk.)
9781847793256 (e-book)
0719080819 (hbk.)
9781847793256 (e-book)
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Manchester, U.K. ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
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English
Description
viii, 244 p.
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HV757.A6 M33 2009eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.70869409415
Summary
This 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.
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"Moira J. Maguire"--Book jacket.
This 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.
This 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Poverty, family dysfunction, and state provision for neglected children
Cherished equally? "Outdoor" provision for illegitimate children
Cherished equally? Institutional provision for illegitimate children
Legislating care and protection : the Carrigan Committee, the age of consent, and adoption
The abused child?
Sanctity of child life? Official responses to infanticide
Desperate act or wilful choice? Infanticide and unwanted children.
Cherished equally? "Outdoor" provision for illegitimate children
Cherished equally? Institutional provision for illegitimate children
Legislating care and protection : the Carrigan Committee, the age of consent, and adoption
The abused child?
Sanctity of child life? Official responses to infanticide
Desperate act or wilful choice? Infanticide and unwanted children.