Description
Book SynopsisThis edited collection is the first to address the topic of adolescence in Irish history. It brings together established and emerging scholars to examine the experience of Irish young adults from the 'affective revolution' of the early nineteenth century to the emergence of the teenager in the 1960s.
Trade Review“As the first academic study to address the topic of adolescence in Irish history, this volume is therefore a welcome addition to a developing field. … it remains a valuable publication and one that marks out a new area of historical enquiry.” (Virginia Crossman, Childhood in the Past, Vol. 10 (1), June, 2017)
Table of Contents1. Robert Hyndman's toe: romanticism, schoolboy politics and the affective revolution in late Georgian Belfast; Jonathan Wright 2. 'A sudden and complete revolution in the female': female adolescence and the medical profession in post-Famine Ireland; Ann Daly 3. The 'wild Irish girl' in selected novels of L. T. Meade; Sandra McAvoy 4. 'The most dangerous, reckless, passionate ... period of their lives': the Irish borstal offender, 1906-1921; Conor Reidy 5. An Irish nationalist adolescence: Na Fianna Eireann, 1909-23; Marnie Hay 6. 'Storm and stress': Richard Devane, adolescent psychology and the politics of protective legislation 1922-35; Susannah Riordan 7. 'How will we kill the evening?': 'degeneracy' and 'second generation' male adolescence in independent Ireland; Bryce Evans 8. A powerful antidote? Catholic youth clubs in the sixties; Carole Holohan 9. The emergence of an Irish adolescence: 1920s to 1970s; Mary E. Daly
