Ireland's Children: Quality of Life, Stress, and Child Development in the Famine Era

by Thomas E. Jordan

A quantitative analysis of the situation of Ireland's children during the famine era (1841-1861), this study utilizes census data to construct a series of indices to measure the quality of life for children in each of Ireland's 32 counties. While relatively little is known about the particular effects of the famine on childhood, census records from 1841, 1851, and 1861 do exist. Jordan also considers anthropometric data on military recruits, emigration...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313307520
• ISBN13: 9780313307522
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"