Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of tables and figures
- Preface
- ‘A violent society’?
- 1 Homicide rates in Ireland, 1801–1850
- 2 ‘Do you want to pick a fight out of me?’: Homicide and personal relations
- 3 ‘Sending them to heaven’: Homicide and the family
- 4 ‘The tranquillity of a barrel of gun powder’: Homicide and land
- 5 ‘The madness of party’: Homicide and sectarianism
- Conclusion
- Appendix one: Methods and sources
- Appendix two: Homicide and motive
- Bibliography
- Index
Contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of tables and figures
- Preface
- ‘A violent society’?
- 1 Homicide rates in Ireland, 1801–1850
- 2 ‘Do you want to pick a fight out of me?’: Homicide and personal relations
- 3 ‘Sending them to heaven’: Homicide and the family
- 4 ‘The tranquillity of a barrel of gun powder’: Homicide and land
- 5 ‘The madness of party’: Homicide and sectarianism
- Conclusion
- Appendix one: Methods and sources
- Appendix two: Homicide and motive
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Homicide in pre-Famine and Famine Ireland , pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Liverpool University PressPrint publication year: 2013