State Investigation, State Publication, and Ireland -- The Poor Inquiry in Action: Questionnaires -- The Poor Inquiry in Action: Oral Evidence -- 'Lonesome without them': Charity and Reciprocity in the Poor Inquiry -- Beggars and Boccoughs -- The Catholic Church, the State, and Poor Relief -- Circulation and Reception
Summary
This volume analyses the construction and dissemination of the image conveyed of Irish society in the early 19th century