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Politics, pauperism and power in late nineteenth-century Ireland by Crossman, Virginia is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>This is a study of the nature and operation of the Irish poor law system in the post-famine period. It traces the expansion of the system to encompass a wide range of welfare services, and explains the ideological and political context in which expansion took place.<br><br>The only local government bodies in rural areas to include elected members, poor law boards provided many Irish nationalists with their first experience of administrative power. As the influence of the nationalist guardians
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Crossman, Virginia
- Publisher
- Project Muse, Manchester University Press
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780719091346
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Political Science, Social Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25