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In the years between the Great Famine of the 1840s and the First World War, Ireland experienced a drastic drop in population: the percentage of adults who never married soared from 10 percent to 25 percent, while the overall population decreased by one third. What accounted for this? For many social analysts, the history of post-Famine Irish depopulation was a Malthusian morality tale where declining living standards led young people to postpone marriage out of concern for their ability to support a family. The problem here, argues Timothy Guinnane, is that living standards in post-Famine Ireland did not decline. Rather, other, more subtle economic changes influenced the decision to delay marriage or not marry at all. In this engaging inquiry into the "vanishing Irish," Guinnane explores the options that presented themselves to Ireland's younger generations, taking into account household structure, inheritance, religion, cultural influences on marriage and family life, and especially emigration.Guinnane focuses on rural Ireland, where the population changes were most profound, and explores the way the demographic patterns reflect the rural Irish economy, Ireland's place as a small part in a much larger English-speaking world, and the influence of earlier Irish history and culture. Particular effort is made to compare Irish demographic behavior to similar patterns elsewhere in Europe, revealing an Ireland anchored in European tradition and yet a distinctive society in its own right.Originally published in 1997.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

History of the United Kingdom and Ireland --- anno 1910-1919 --- anno 1900-1909 --- anno 1800-1899 --- Ireland --- Households --- History. --- Rural conditions. --- Emigration and immigration --- Population --- Families --- Home economics --- Irish Free State --- Adult. --- Appointee. --- Arthur Balfour. --- Aunt. --- Celibacy. --- Census. --- Charles Stewart Parnell. --- Congested Districts Board (Scotland). --- Corn Laws. --- County Wicklow. --- Demographic history. --- Demography. --- Developing country. --- Dowry. --- Economic power. --- Economic problem. --- Economics. --- Economy of the Republic of Ireland. --- Emigration. --- English Poor Laws. --- Eradication of infectious diseases. --- Eugenics. --- Extreme poverty. --- Family income. --- Famine. --- Fertility. --- Foray. --- Gombeen man. --- Grandparent. --- Great Depression in the United States. --- Great Famine (Ireland). --- Gresham's law. --- His Family. --- Household. --- Housing in the United Kingdom. --- Human overpopulation. --- Immigration to the United States. --- Impediment (canon law). --- Income. --- Internal migration. --- Irish Americans. --- Irish Catholic. --- Irish Poor Laws. --- Laborer. --- Land War. --- Late Marriage. --- Legitimacy (family law). --- Life table. --- Longevity. --- Make A Difference. --- Michael Davitt. --- Moneylender. --- Mortality displacement. --- Mortality rate. --- NEE. --- Nationalization. --- Navvy. --- Nazi propaganda. --- Opportunity cost. --- Oppression. --- Orange Order. --- Outdoor relief. --- Partible inheritance. --- Pauperism. --- Peasant. --- Peat. --- Penal Laws (Ireland). --- Pension. --- Pensioner. --- Plan of Campaign. --- Poor rate. --- Population Matters. --- Population ageing. --- Population decline. --- Population growth. --- Population projection. --- Prevalence. --- Primogeniture. --- Protestant Ascendancy. --- Publican. --- Purchasing power. --- Racial hygiene. --- Remarriage. --- Remittance. --- Rome Rule. --- Rural district. --- Rural housing. --- Scarcity. --- Sibling. --- Social Darwinism. --- Spinster. --- Standard of living. --- Subsistence crisis. --- Tax. --- Thomas Robert Malthus. --- Ultimogeniture. --- United Nations Development Programme. --- Urbanization. --- Western European marriage pattern. --- Workhouse. --- DEMOGRAPHIE HISTORIQUE --- IRLANDE --- CONDITIONS ECONOMIQUES --- 19E SIECLE --- CONDITIONS SOCIALES --- 20E SIECLE