The Vanishing Irish: Households, Migration, and the Rural Economy in Ireland, 1850-1914
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Published: 28th June 2016
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Publishing Details
The Vanishing Irish: Households, Migration, and the Rural Economy in Ireland, 1850-1914
By (Author) Timothy W. Guinnane
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
28th June 2016
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
European history
304.6209415
Winner of Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 1998
Physical Properties
Hardback
358
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
652g
Description
In the years between the Great Famine of the 1840s and the First World War, Ireland experienced a drastic drop in population: the percentage of adults who never married soared from 10 percent to 25 percent, while the overall population decreased by one third. What accounted for this For many social analysts, the history of post-Famine Irish depopu
Reviews
Winner of the 1998 Donald Murphy Prize for Best First Book in Irish Studies, American Conference for Irish Studies One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1998
Author Bio
Timothy W. Guinnane is Associate Professor of Economics at Yale University.
