The economic development of Ireland in the twentieth century / Kieran A. Kennedy, Thomas Giblin, and Deirdre McHugh.
By: Kennedy, Kieran Anthony
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Contributor(s): Giblin, Thomas | McHugh, Deirdre.
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BookSeries: Contemporary economic history of Europe series.Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1988Description: xxiv, 288 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 041500621X; 0415026512 .Subject(s): Ireland -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1949 | Ireland -- Economic conditions -- 1949- | Ireland -- Economic policyDDC classification: 330.9415082 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 330.9415082 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00041001 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Traces and assesses the growth of the Republic's economy from its separation from Britain in the early 1920s through to the present. This book should be of interest to students of economics and Irish studies.
Bibliography: (pages 271-278) and index.
Part one: Introduction -- The state of the economy at independence -- Part two: The course of the Irish economy since independence -- From free trade to protection, 1922-46 -- Outward re-orientation, 1947-72 -- Oil and troubled waters, 1973-87 -- Northern Ireland, 1920-87 -- The economic growth record since independence -- Part three: Key issues in Irish Economic Development -- Population and labour force -- Capital resources and investment -- Foreign trade -- Agriculture -- Manufacturing -- Overall assessment.