Luck and the Irish : a brief history of change from 1970 /

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Roy Foster is one of Ireland's leading historians, the author of the much acclaimed two-volume biography of Yeats as well as the definitive history Modern Ireland, which has been hailed as "dazzling" (New York Times Book Review) and "elegant, erudite, wise, witty" (Irish Tim...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Foster, R. F. (Robert Fitzroy), 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Since 1900
Postwar 20th Century History, From C 1945 To C 2000.
HISTORY.
Civilization
Economic history
Politics and government
Ireland > History > 20th century.
Ireland > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Ireland > Politics and government > 1949-
Ireland > Civilization > 20th century.
Irlande > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Irlande > Conditions économiques > 20e siècle.
Irlande > Politique et gouvernement > 1949-
Irlande > Civilisation > 20e siècle.
Ireland
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Culture and anarchy in Ireland c. 1970-2000
  • The miracle of loaves and fishes
  • How the Catholics became Protestants
  • 'The party fight and funeral' : Fianna Fáil and Irish politics in the late twentieth century
  • 'Big, mad children' : The south and the north
  • How the short stories became novels
  • Conclusion: The strange death of romantic Ireland.

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