Luck and the Irish : a brief history of change, c. 1970-2000 /
Foster, R. F. 1949-
Luck and the Irish : a brief history of change, c. 1970-2000 / Luck & the Irish R.F. Foster. - London : Allen Lane, 2007. - xi, 227 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: culture and anarchy in Ireland c.1970-2000 -- 1.The Miracle of the loaves and fishes -- 2.How the Catholics became Protestants -- 3.\'The party fight and funeral:\': Fianna Faþil and Irish politics in the late twentieth century -- 4. \'Big, mad children\': the South and the North -- 5.How the short stories became novels -- Conclusion: the strange death of romantic Ireland.
From about 1970, Irish history moved into a fast-forward phase. Foster's book looks at the roots of the changes which came with an almost completely unexpected wave of prosperity.
9780713997835 (hbk.) : £20.00 9780713997835 (hbk.) : Đ18.99
History.
European history
History
Ireland--Social conditions--1973-
Ireland--Economic conditions--1949-
DA963
941.50824 FOS
Luck and the Irish : a brief history of change, c. 1970-2000 / Luck & the Irish R.F. Foster. - London : Allen Lane, 2007. - xi, 227 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: culture and anarchy in Ireland c.1970-2000 -- 1.The Miracle of the loaves and fishes -- 2.How the Catholics became Protestants -- 3.\'The party fight and funeral:\': Fianna Faþil and Irish politics in the late twentieth century -- 4. \'Big, mad children\': the South and the North -- 5.How the short stories became novels -- Conclusion: the strange death of romantic Ireland.
From about 1970, Irish history moved into a fast-forward phase. Foster's book looks at the roots of the changes which came with an almost completely unexpected wave of prosperity.
9780713997835 (hbk.) : £20.00 9780713997835 (hbk.) : Đ18.99
History.
European history
History
Ireland--Social conditions--1973-
Ireland--Economic conditions--1949-
DA963
941.50824 FOS