Social Change and Everyday Life in Ireland, 1850-1922

The first comprehensive social history of Ireland 1850-1922 to appear since 1981. Readable, accessible, colourful, using individual stories and voices where possible, incorporating evidence from fiction, ballad and autobiography as well as more conventional sources. Each chapter contains some never-seen-before original research, woven in to the discussion along with evidence from secondary sources including the scholarship of the past fifty years.. Challenges some of the accepted beliefs about Ireland in this period, giving fresh perspectives on marriage, education, public health, institutions, extreme poverty. Could be a bit controversial.. Aimed at the senior second-level and third-level history and sociology and anthropology/folklore student, Irish studies courses, Ireland, Britain and worldwide, gender studies and the general reader/lover of history.Clear, Caitriona is the author of 'Social Change and Everyday Life in Ireland, 1850-1922 ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780719074370 and ISBN 0719074371.