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Sixties Ireland : reshaping the economy, state and society, 1957-1973

Title
Sixties Ireland : reshaping the economy, state and society, 1957-1973 / Mary E. Daly.
Author
Daly, Mary E.
Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

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Description
xiii, 426 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"This provocative new history of Ireland during the long 1960s exposes the myths of Ireland's modernisation. Mary E. Daly questions traditional interpretations which see these years as a time of prosperity when Irish society--led by a handful of key modernisers--abandoned many of its traditional values in its search for economic growth. Setting developments in Ireland in a wider European context, Daly shows instead that claims for the economic transformation of Ireland are hugely questionable: Ireland remained one of the poorest countries in Western Europe until the end of the twentieth century. Contentious debates in later years over contraception, divorce, and national identity demonstrated continuities with the past that long survived the 1960s. Spanning the period from Ireland's economic rebirth in the 1950s to its entry into the EEC in 1973, this is a comprehensive reinterpretation of a critical period in Irish history with clear parallels for Ireland today"--
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part I. The Economy -- "Bringing up the rear of the pack" in Europe's golden age of economic growth -- Transforming the economy : whose plan? -- Coping with change 1 : industry and trade unions -- Coping with change 2 : agriculture and rural Ireland -- Coping with change 3 : regional and physical planning -- Part II. Society -- The optimism of a rising tide -- Farewell to "the vanishing Irish" -- Women, children and families -- Second-wave feminism and the Irish family -- The churches -- Education, health and welfare -- Part III. Politics and International Relations -- Party politics : the revolution that never happened -- International relations -- Northern Ireland -- Conclusion: Abandoning the past?
Call Number
JFE 16-5156
ISBN
  • 9781107145924
  • 1107145929
  • 9781316509319
  • 1316509311
LCCN
2015042971
OCLC
932003484
Author
Daly, Mary E., author.
Title
Sixties Ireland : reshaping the economy, state and society, 1957-1973 / Mary E. Daly.
Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
Since 1900
Research Call Number
JFE 16-5156
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