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The Vanishing Irish: Households, Migration, and the Rural Economy in Ireland, 1850-1914 (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)
Timothy W. Guinnane
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Hardcover. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 358 pages, 18 maps 10 line illus. 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD; HBTB; JHBD; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
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 depopulation was a Malthusian morality tale where declining living standards led young people to postpone marriage out of concern for their ability to support a family. The problem here, argues Timothy Guinnane, is that living standards in post-Famine Ireland did not decline. Rather, ... Read more
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 depopulation was a Malthusian morality tale where declining living standards led young people to postpone marriage out of concern for their ability to support a family. The problem here, argues Timothy Guinnane, is that living standards in post-Famine Ireland did not decline. Rather, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
Condition
New
Number of Pages
358
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691653822
SKU
V9780691653822
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About Timothy W. Guinnane
Timothy W. Guinnane is Associate Professor of Economics at Yale University.
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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