This book examines Irish economic development in the twentieth century compared with other European countries. It traces the growth of the Republic's economy fr

Chronicles the political, economic, and cultural history of Ireland as it is transformed from a poor, rural society to a stable country with a strong technologi

Technical changes in the first half of the nineteenth century led to unprecedented economic growth and capital formation throughout Western Europe; and yet Irel

A major history of economic regimes and economic performance throughout the twentieth century. Ivan T. Berend looks at the historic development of the twentieth

For a country that can boast a distinguished tradition of political economy from Sir William Petty through Swift, Berkeley, Hutcheson, Burke and Cantillon throu