Precarious childhood in post-independence Ireland [electronic resource] / Moira Maguire.
By: Maguire, Moira (Moira J.).
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BookPublisher: Manchester, U.K. ; New York : New York : Manchester University Press ; Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009Description: viii, 244 p.Subject(s): Catholic Church -- Ireland | Children with social disabilities -- Government policy -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century | Poor children -- Government policy -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century | Christianity and politics -- Catholic Church -- History -- 20th century | Ireland -- Social conditions -- 20th century | Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1922-Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 362.70869409415 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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"Moira J. Maguire"--Book jacket.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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