News from a New Republic Ireland in The 1950s |
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| Author:
| Garvin, Tom |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7171-5058-8 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2011 |
| Publisher: | M.H. Gill & Co. U. C.
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $28.95 |
Book Description:
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The 1950s was a decade of international economic recovery in the United States and most of Western Europe after the disasters of World War II. There was just one exception. The Irish economy actually contracted in those years, and over four hundred thousand people, out of a population of fewer than three million, emigrated.
The 1950s was a decade of international economic recovery in the United States and most of Western Europe after the disasters of World War II. There was just one exception. The Irish economy actually contracted in those years, and over four hundred thousand people, out of a population of fewer than three million, emigrated.