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PART IPART II THE ECONOMYPART III GOVERNMENTPART IV RELIGIONPART V PUBLIC AFFAIRSREFERENCES AND SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY************************************************************************************ PART IGENERAL CHARACTERISTICS Introduction CHAPTER ONE STRUCTURE AND VALUES OF IRISH SOCIETY (i) Social Structure (ii)
Beliefs and Values CHAPTER TWO IRISH HISTORY 1800-1850
[Top] PART II THE ECONOMYCHAPTER THREE THE IRISH ECONOMY (i) General Observations (ii)
Geographical Aspects (iii)
Levels of Economic Development (iv) Agricultural Regions (v)
Questions of Population (vi) History of the Irish Economy (vii)
Overview of the Economy in 1800 CHAPTER FOUR ROADS AND RAILWAYS (i) The Tertiary Sector (ii)
Roads and Road Travel (iii)
Railways and the Electric Telegraph CHAPTER FIVE WATER TRANSPORT (i) Investment and Return (ii)
Shipping (iii)
Navigational Hazards (iv) Ports (v)
Inland Navigation (vi) Steam Navigation (vii)
Aeronautics CHAPTER SIX TRADE (i) Internal Trade: Fairs, Markets, and Shops (ii)
Foreign Trade: Imports, Exports CHAPTER SEVEN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (i) The Currency (ii)
Banks and Banking (iii)
Other Financial Institutions (iv) Note on Coinage CHAPTER EIGHT THE PRIMARY SECTOR I (i) Cattle (ii)
Sheep (iii)
Other Livestock (iv) Tillage: Implements (v)
Tillage: Cultivation of the Soil (vi)
Tillage: Fertility
and Crop Hygiene (vii)
Tillage: Seeds and Crops CHAPTER NINE THE PRIMARY SECTOR II (i) Agricultural Incomes (ii)
Fisheries (iii)
The Tenure of Land (iv) Estate Management (v)
The Study and Improvement of Agriculture (vi) Bogs and Land Reclamation (vii)
Crop Failures and Scarcities CHAPTER TEN THE SECONDARY SECTOR I
: FACTORS OF PRODUCTION (i) Power and Machinery (ii)
The Financing of Industry (iii)
Work and the Labour Force (iv) The Guild System (v)
Combinations and Trade Unions CHAPTER ELEVEN THE SECONDARY SECTOR II
: PROCESSING AND MANUFACTURING (i) Milling, Brewing and Distilling (ii)
The Textile Industry: Organisation (iii)
The Textile Industry: Branches (iv) The Provisions Industry (v)
Mining and Minerals (vi) Manufacturing [Top] PART III GOVERNMENTCHAPTER TWELVE LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS I (i) The Organisation of Irish Society (ii)
Local Administrations (iii)
(iv) Meetings of Freeholders and (v)
Selection of Grand and Petty Juries (vi) Duties of the Grand Jury CHAPTER THIRTEEN LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS II (i) Corporate Towns and their 'Policing' (ii)
Other Administrative Units (iv) Provision for the Sick and Poor CHAPTER FOURTEEN CRIME AND POLICE (i) Ordinary Crime (ii)
Agrarian Crime (iii)
Illicit Distillation (iv) The (v)
The (vi) Gaols and Penology CHAPTER FIFTEEN CROWN AND PARLIAMENT (i) The Flag (ii)
The Crown (iii)
Parliament (iv) Elections (v)
The Franchise (vi) Legislation CHAPTER SIXTEEN THE IRISH GOVERNMENT I (i) The Structure of the Irish Government (ii)
The Lord Lieutenant and Irish Secretary (iii)
The Chief Offices of State (iv) The Revenue Boards (v)
The Post Office (vi) Personnel and Recruitment CHAPTER SEVENTEEN THE IRISH GOVERNMENT II (i) Government Policies (ii)
Monetary Policy (iii)
Fiscal Policy and the Budget (iv) Extraordinary Legislation (v)
Statistics, Surveys, and Valuations (vi) The Ordnance Survey CHAPTER EIGHTEEN THE ARMED FORCES (i) History of the Armed Forces (ii)
The Military Offices (iii)
The Regular Army (iv) The Militia and Yeomanry (v)
The Royal Navy CHAPTER NINETEEN THE COURTS OF LAW (i) The Law (ii)
The Royal Courts in (iii)
The Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts (iv)
County Courts:
Courts of Commission and Assize (v) County Courts:
Mayor’s and Sheriff's Courts (vi) The Other Courts (vii) The Magistracy (viii)
Personnel of the Courts (ix)
Procedures of the Courts
[Top] PART IV RELIGIONCHAPTER TWENTY RELIGIOUS DIVISIONS (i) General Observations (ii)
Origins and History (iii)
The Distribution of the Churches (iv) Charities and Charitable Bequests CHAPTER TWENTY ONE THE PROTESTANTS I (i) The Established Church (ii)
The Revenues of the Established Church (iii)
The Dissenters (iv) The Evangelising Movement or Second Reformation CHAPTER TWENTY TWO THE PROTESTANTS II (i) The Moderate Protestants (ii)
The Ascendancy Faction (iii)
The Orange Order CHAPTER TWENTY THREE THE CATHOLICS (i) The Catholic Church (ii)
The Catholic Laymen (iii)
Relations between Catholics and Protestants [Top] PART V PUBLIC AFFAIRSCHAPTER TWENTY FOUR EDUCATION I (i) General Considerations (ii)
Educational Theories (iii)
Primary Education before the National Schools (iv) Other Schools Connected with the Churches (v)
Secondary Schools: Boys (vi) Secondary Schools: Girls (vii)
Technical Schools (viii)
University Education CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE EDUCATION II (i) The (ii)
Discussion with the Government 1821-1831 (iii)
The National Board CHAPTER TWENTY SIX MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH (i) Medical Practice and the Medical Profession (ii)
Public Health CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN THE PRESS (i) Irish Newspapers in General (ii)
The Dublin Newspapers (iii)
The Provincial Press (iv) The Specialist Press (v)
The Government and the Press (vi) The Newsagents CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT SCIENCE AND INVENTION (i) Science in General (ii)
Irish Language and Antiquities (iii)
Scientific and Learned Societies (iv) Improving or Practical Societies CHAPTER TWENTY NINE LEISURE ACTIVITIES (i) Literature (ii)
Books, Libraries, and Reading Rooms (iii)
The Theatre and Theatricals (iv) Architecture, Art, and Music (v)
Sport and Recreation CHAPTER THIRTY THE CONDITION OF WOMEN AND FEMINISM (i) The Condition of Women (ii)
Women's Rights
[Top] REFERENCES
AND SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (i) References (ii)
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