Elaine Farrell

A most diabolical deed'

Infanticide and Irish society, 1850-1900

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the phenomenon of infanticide in Ireland from 1850 to 1900. It is based on a large sample of 4,645 individual cases of infant murder, attempted infanticide and concealment of birth. Through a variety of sources, attitudes towards the crime of infanticide and women accused of the offence are revealed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9781784993603
• ISBN-10: 1784993603
• Artikelnr.: 45062771

Autorenporträt

Elaine Farrell is Lecturer in Modern Irish Economic and Social History at Queen's University Belfast

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. 'A melancholy thing': an overview 2. 'Dead children, like
drowned sailors, tell no tales': coroners' courts 3. 'That species of
crime': criminal courts 4. 'Rumor, with its hundred tongues': the community
5. 'News of the ghastly spectacle': the press 6. 'A very great escape':
prisons Conclusion Index