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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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Details
- 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
- Social change
- Political culture
- Economic development
- Ireland
- Since 1900
- Ireland > Politics and government > 1949-
- Social change > Ireland > History > 20th century
- Politics and government
- Ireland > History > 1922-
- Economic history
- Political culture > Ireland > History > 20th century
- Social conditions
- Economic development > Ireland > History > 20th century
- History
- Ireland > Economic conditions > 1949-
- Ireland > Social conditions > 1922-1973
- 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