A Most Diabolical Deed'
Elaine (Lecturer in Irish Economic and Social History) Farrell
Manchester University Press, 2013
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This book examines the phenomenon of infanticide in Ireland from 1850 to 1900. It is based on a large sample of 4,645 individual cases of infant murder, attempted infanticide and concealment of birth. Through a variety of sources, attitudes towards the crime of infanticide and women accused of the offence are revealed. -- .
- ISBN-13
- 9780719088209
- ISBN-10
- 0719088208
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Year
- 2013
- Publication date
- 2013-07-31
- Pages
- 304
- Dimensions
- 223x146x28
- Weight
- 494