Vanishing irish, the: households, migration, and the rural economy in ireland, 1850-1914
Auteur :
Guinnane, Timothy W.
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691653822
Date de publication :
19 avr. 2016
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
652 g
Format :
B315
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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