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The transformation of Ireland, 1900-2000 / Diarmaid Ferriter.

By: Ferriter, Diarmaid, 1972-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Profile, 2005Description: xi, 884 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 1861974434; 9781861974433.Subject(s): History | European history | History | Ireland | 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 | Ireland | Ireland -- History -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 941.5082 FER | 941.7082 Summary: In 1900 Ireland was a restless, impoverished, neglected corner of the British Empire. By 2000 it had become the 'Celtic Tiger'. How did this happen? Diarmaid Ferriter draws together the complex threads that make up Ireland's story - from the high drama of it politics, to the 'hidden pasts' drawn from memoirs and other sources.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A ground-breaking history of the twentieth century in Ireland, written on the most ambitious scale by a brilliant young historian.

Originally published: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In 1900 Ireland was a restless, impoverished, neglected corner of the British Empire. By 2000 it had become the 'Celtic Tiger'. How did this happen? Diarmaid Ferriter draws together the complex threads that make up Ireland's story - from the high drama of it politics, to the 'hidden pasts' drawn from memoirs and other sources.

Pat Murray Collection.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Diarmaid Ferriter teaches history at St Patrick's College, Dublin City University. He is the author of A Nation of Extremes: the Pioneers in 20th-century Ireland and Lovers of Liberty? Local Government in the 20th-century Ireland and co-author with Colm Toibin of The Irish Famine .