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Philanthropy in nineteenth-century Ireland / Laurence M. Geary & Oonagh Walsh, editors.

Other author/creatorGeary, Laurence M.
Other author/creatorWalsh, Oonagh.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoDublin, Ireland : Four Courts Press, [2015]
Description251 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Portion of title Philanthropy in 19th century Ireland
Series Nineteenth-century Ireland series ; 16
Nineteenth-century Ireland series ; 16. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents 1. Self help and mutual aid -- Philanthropy and poor relief before the poor law, 1801-30 / Mel Cousins -- 'The best relief the poor can receive is from themselves' : the Society for Promoting the Comforts of the Poor / Laurence M. Geary -- Charitable loan fund societies in Ireland, c.1820-1914 / Eoin McLaughlin -- 2. Land and Guinness -- 'The monster misery of Ireland' : landlord paternalism and the 1822 famine in the West / Conor McNamara -- Charity, paternalism and power on the Clonbrock Estates, County Galway, 1834-44 / Kevin Mc Kenna -- Pecuniary assistance for poverty and emigration : the politics of landed estate management and philanthropy in mid-nineteenth-century Ireland / Joanne McEntee -- 'Guinness is good for you' : experiments in workers' housing and public amenities by the Guinness Brewery and Guinness/Iveagh Trust, 1872-1915 / Linda King -- 3. Women and children -- 'A person of the second order' : the plight of the intellectually disabled in nineteenth-century Ireland / Oonagh Walsh -- 'Saver of the children' : the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in Ireland, 1889-1921 / Sarah-Anne Buckley -- From lace making to social activism : the resourcefulness of campaigning women philanthropists / Mary Pierse -- 4. Cultural philanthropy : art and literature Cultural philanthropy in mid-nineteenth-century Ireland / Philip McEvansoneya -- Doing good and being bad in Victorian Ireland : some literary and evolutionary perspectives / John Wilson Foster.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2015410484
ISBN9781846823503
ISBN1846823501

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