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R.F. Foster - Luck and the Irish: A Brief History of Change c. 1970 - 2000 - 9780141017655 - 9780141017655
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Luck and the Irish: A Brief History of Change c. 1970 - 2000

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Description for Luck and the Irish: A Brief History of Change c. 1970 - 2000 paperback. From 1970, things were changing in Ireland - the Celtic Tiger had finally woken, and the rules for everything from gender roles and religion to international relations were being entirely rewritten. This title examines how the country has weathered thirty years of rapid transformation, and what these changes may mean in the long run. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 195 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184 227pp

R.F. Foster's Luck and the Irish: A Brief History of Change, 1970-2000 examines how the country has weathered thirty years of rapid transformation, and what these changes may mean in the long run.

From 1970, things were changing in Ireland - the Celtic Tiger had finally woken, and the rules for everything from gender roles and religion to international relations were being entirely rewritten. By the end of the twentieth century, Ireland had become a global brand, and the almost completely unexpected wave of prosperity had brought with it upheavals in economics, sexual mores and culture, as ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Dustjacket Condition
No Dust Jacket
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141017655
SKU
9780141017655
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2

About R.F. Foster
R. F. Foster is Carroll Professor of Irish History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford. His books include Modern Ireland, 1600-1972, The Irish Story and W. B. Yeats: A Life.

Reviews for Luck and the Irish: A Brief History of Change c. 1970 - 2000
The brilliance of the writing places him as a historian in a league of his own ... A balanced work offering his own distinctive, original and elegant insights
Diarmaid Ferriter
Times Literary Supplement
Occasionally angry, sometimes whimsical and frequently hilarious ... Appeals both to those who know nothing and those who think they know everything
Conor ... Read more

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