Constructions of the Irish Child in the Independence Period, 1910-1940

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Boylan, Ciara (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Gallagher, Ciara (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood
• Subjects: Great Britain-History.; Social history.; Europe-History-1492-.; Civilization-History.; Childhood.; Adolescence.; History of Britain and Ireland.; Social History.; History of Modern Europe.; Cultural History.; Childhood, Adolescence and Society.

This volume explores how Irish children were 'constructed' by various actors including the state, youth organisations, authors and publishers in the period before and after Ireland gained independence in 1922. It examines the broad variety of ways in which the Irish child was constructed t...