A History of the Irish Poor Law

A History of the Irish Poor Law

Author: George Nicholls

Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 1584776862

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Reprint of the sole edition. Nicholls [1781-1865] was a pioneering poor-law reformer and administrator. While Great Britain's Poor Law Commissioner he drafted the Irish Poor-Law Act (1832). One of the first to assert that relief bred a culture of dependency and a resistance to work, he advocated the abolition of relief except as a last resort. Includes sections on urban poor, workhouses, housing conditions, child labor, vagabonds etc. In addition to the present study, he wrote A History of the English Poor Law (1854) and A History of the Scotch Poor Law (1856). Like his other studies, this one relates the evolution of poor laws since the medieval era to economic, social and political history. Notably sophisticated works, they were held in high regard by Sir Leslie Stephen and F.W. Maitland.


Poverty and the Poor Law in Ireland, 1850-1914

Poverty and the Poor Law in Ireland, 1850-1914

Author: Virginia Crossman

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1846319412

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The book provides the first detailed, comprehensive assessment of the ideological basis and practical operation of the poor law system in the post-Famine period in Ireland (18501914).


A History of the Irish Poor Law

A History of the Irish Poor Law

Author: George Nicholls

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-11

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 9780265180877

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Excerpt from A History of the Irish Poor Law: In Connexion With the Condition of the People A history of the Irish Poor Law, explaining its origin and the principles on which it was founded, together with an account of its progress and the effects of its ap plication would, it might reasonably be supposed, afford information that must be generally useful - that it would be useful to the administrators of the law, can hardly admit of doubt. Such a history would place before them in a complete and regular series, all that it would be necessary for them to know, and all that ought to be borne in mind, in order that the examples of the past may prepare them for promptly dealing with the present, or for anticipating the future. The following work has been framed chiefly with this view and I can only say that I have earnestly endeavoured to make it sufficient for the purpose, without any other wish or object than that it should prove useful in a cause to which during several years my best ener gies were devoted, and to the furtherance of which I could no longer contribute in any other way. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


Poverty and Welfare in Ireland 1838-1948

Poverty and Welfare in Ireland 1838-1948

Author: Virginia Crossman

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780716530893

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This book is a ground-breaking history of poverty and welfare in modern Ireland, in the era of the Irish poor law. As the first study to address poor relief and health care together, the book fills an important gap, providing a much-needed introduction and assessment of the evolution of social welfare in 19th- and early 20th-century Ireland. The collection also addresses a number of related issues, including private philanthropy, the attitudes of landowners towards poor relief, and the crisis of the poor law during the Great Famine of 1845-1850. Together, these interlinking contributions both survey current research and suggest new areas for investigation, providing further stimulus to the growing field of Irish welfare history.