Ireland in Official Print Culture, 1800-1850: A New Reading of the Poor Inquiry

by Niall O Ciosáin

The decades after 1800 saw a fundamental redefinition of the role of the state in Ireland. Many of the most pervasive and enduring forms of official intervention and regulation date from this period, such as a permanent centralised police force, a system of elementary education, a network of small courts, and a national system of poor relief. Many of these were preceded by large-scale official investigations whose results were published as parliamentary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019967938X
• ISBN13: 9780199679386
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.4"