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Poverty and the Poor Law in Ireland, 1850-1914 (Paperback)
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Poverty and the Poor Law in Ireland, 1850-1914 (Paperback)
Series: Reappraisals in Irish History, 4
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The focus of this study is the poor law system, and the people who
used it. Introduced in 1838, the Irish poor law established a
nationwide system of poor relief that was administered and financed
locally. This book provides the first detailed, comprehensive
assessment of the ideological basis and practical operation of the
poor law system in the post-Famine period. Analysis of contemporary
understandings of poverty is integrated with discussion of local
relief practices to uncover the attitudes and responses of those
both giving and receiving relief, and the active relationship
between them. Local case studies are used to explore key issues
such as entitlement and eligibility, as well as the treatment of
'problem' groups such as unmarried mothers and vagrants, thus
allowing local and individual experience to enrich our
understanding of poverty and welfare in historical context.
Previous studies of poverty and welfare in Ireland have
concentrated on the measures taken to relieve poverty, and their
political context. Little attempt has been made to explore the
experience of being poor, or to identify the strategies adopted by
poor people to negotiate an inhospitable economic and social
climate. This innovative interrogation of poor law records reveals
the poor to have been active historical agents making calculated
choices about how, when and where to apply for aid. Approaching
welfare as a process, the book provides a deeper and more wide
ranging assessment of the Irish poor law than any study previously
undertaken and represents a major milestone in Irish economic and
social history.
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