TY - BOOK ID - 2433654 TI - Political economy and colonial Ireland : the propagation and ideological function of economic discourse in the nineteenth century AU - Boylan, Thomas A. AU - Foley, Timothy P. PY - 1992 SN - 041506628X 113800930X 1280150904 0203981294 1134920407 9780203981290 9786610150908 6610150907 9780415066280 9781134920402 9781280150906 9781134920358 9781134920396 9781138009301 1134920393 PB - London [England] ; New York : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Economics. KW - Economics - Ireland - History - 19th century. KW - Economics KW - Business & Economics KW - Economic Theory KW - History KW - Study and teaching (Higher) KW - Economic theory KW - Political economy KW - Social sciences KW - Economic man KW - Ireland KW - 19th century KW - Economics - Study and teaching (Higher) - Ireland - History - 19th century. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2433654 AB - `I believe that next to good Religious education, a sound knowledge of Political Economy would tend as much to tranquilize this country, if not more, than any other branch of knowledge that can be taught in schools.' - Cork Schools Inspector, 1853 In a nineteenth century Ireland that was divided socially, economically, politically and denominationally, consensus was sought in the new discipline of political economy, which claimed to be scientifically impartial and to transcend all divisions. The authors explore the ideological mission of political economy, and the ER -