The Vanishing Irish:
Households, Migration, and the Rural Economy in Ireland, 1850-1914
Timothy W. Guinnane

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

	List of Tables
	List of Figures
	List of Maps
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Ch. 1	Depopulation in Post-Famine Ireland	3
Ch. 2	The Rural Economy in the Nineteenth Century	34
Ch. 3	The State and the Churches	59
Ch. 4	The Demographic Setting	79
Ch. 5	Households and the Generations	133
Ch. 6	Coming of Age	166
Ch. 7	The Decline of Marriage	193
Ch. 8	Marital Fertility Decline	241
Ch. 9	Conclusion	272
	Notes	287
	References	305
	Index	333

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