Ireland in official print culture, 1800-1850
Subtitle: a new reading of the Poor Inquiry
By: Niall Ó Ciosáin
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780199679386
Subjects: Governmental investigations; History; Poverty; Social conditions; Social policy; Governmental investigations / Ireland / History / 19th century; Poverty / Ireland / History / 19th century; Amtsdrucksache; Armut; Befragung; Wissensliteratur
Description: "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 reports, another novel aspect of state activity.Talking About Beggars analyses the construction and dissemination of an official image of Irish society in those reports."--Publishers website
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: State Investigation, State Publication, and Ireland; title: The Poor Inquiry in Action: Questionnaires; title: The Poor Inquiry in Action: Oral Evidence; title: 'Lonesome without them': Charity and Reciprocity in the Poor Inquiry; title: Beggars and Boccoughs; title: The Catholic Church, the State, and Poor Relief; title: Circulation and Reception.