| Description |
1 online resource (321 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; Front Matter; Title Page; Contents ; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; List of Plates; List of Tables; Preface; CHAPTER ONE; Breaking the Cycle of Poverty in Donegal; CHAPTER TWO; Arthur Balfour's Impressions of Donegal; CHAPTER THREE; Contrasting Perspectives; CHAPTER FOUR; From Cottage Industries to World Trade Fairs; CHAPTER FIVE; Troubled Waters; CHAPTER SIX; Making a Living From the Land; CHAPTER SEVEN; Land Purchase: Owners of the Land they Tilled; CHAPTER EIGHT; Women's Work; CHAPTER NINE; At the Grass Roots: Parish Committees; CHAPTER TEN; Building the Future on the Past |
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AppendixList of Estates in Donegal Purchased by the CDB for Migration of Tenants and Enlargement of Holdings; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Plate section |
| Summary |
In this accessible and lively book, local historian Sean Beattie explores the dramatic impact of the newly formed Congested Districts Board (CDB) on the economic, political, and cultural life of County Donegal. The starting point is the year 1891, when Arthur Balfour, as Chief Secretary, established the CDB as a regional development agency for eight western counties, including Donegal. At that time, County Donegal was recovering from the effects of the Land War and a series of bitter harvests. In an attempt to end the cycle of poverty, the CDB set out to raise living standards by promoting |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 12, 2013) |
| Subject |
Poverty -- Government policy -- Ireland
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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Poverty -- Government policy
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| SUBJECT |
Donegal (Ireland : County) -- History
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| Subject |
Ireland
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Ireland -- Donegal (County)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781908928429 |
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1908928425 |
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