Old Age in Nineteenth-Century Ireland: Ageing under the Union (1st ed. 2017)

By: Chris Gilleard

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Synopsis: Using a combination of statistical analysis of census material and social history, this book describes the ageing of Ireland’s population from the start of the Union up to the introduction of the old age pension in 1908. It examines the changing demography of the country following the Famine and the impact this had on household and family structure. It explores the growing problem of late life poverty and the residualisation of the aged sick and poor in the workhouse. Despite slow improvements in many areas of life for the young and the working classes, the book argues that for the aged the union was a period of growing immiseration, brought surprisingly to an end by the unheralded introduction of the old age pension.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781137585417
Related ISBNs:: 9781137585400
Publisher:: Palgrave Macmillan UK, London
Date of Addition:: 04/10/21
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Adult content:: No
Language:: English
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Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Social Studies, Language Arts, Mathematics and Statistics
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Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.