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Grim Bastilles of Despair

Grim Bastilles of Despair The Poor Law Union Workhouses in Ireland - Famine Folio Series

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Publisher's Synopsis

Grim Bastilles of Despair is a short study on the Poor Law Union workhouses in Ireland. The folio explores how, despite strong Irish resistance, the British authorities established the Act for the Effectual Relief of the Destitute Poor in Ireland, which was to become one of the most despised Acts ever to come into effect in Ireland.

Book information

ISBN: 9780997837421
Publisher: Quinnipac University Press
Imprint: Quinnipiac University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 362.58309415
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 51
Weight: 296g
Height: 242mm
Width: 281mm
Spine width: 6mm