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The protestant orphan society and it's social significance in Ireland, 1828-1940 / June Cooper.
Van Pelt Library HV1150.3 .C66 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cooper, June.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Protestant Orphan Society (Dublin, Ireland).
- Orphans--Ireland--History.
- Orphans.
- Social work with widows--Ireland--History.
- Social work with widows.
- History.
- Ireland.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2015.
- Contents:
- 1 Origins, 1828-30 7
- 2 PO Societies and the Poor Law, 1830-50 28
- 3 The 'family system', 1830-50 52
- 4 Opposition and support, 1850-98 81
- 5 Bereaved families and boarded-out children, 1850-98 110
- 6 Child training or child labour? 1850-98 147
- 7 Tradition versus change, 1898-1940 177
- 8 Decline and resilience, 1898-1940 207.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-242) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0719088844
- 9780719088841
- OCLC:
- 904871983
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