The lost decade : Ireland in the 1950s /
Contributor(s): Keogh, Dermot | Quinlan, Carmel | O Shea, Finbarr.
Publisher: Douglas Village, Cork : Mercier, 2004Description: 302 p. ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1856354180; 9781856354189:.Subject(s): Nineteen fifties | Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- 1949- | Ireland -- History -- 20th century | Ireland -- Social conditions -- 1922-1973 | Ireland -- Social conditions -- 20th century | Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1949- | Ireland -- Politics and government -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 306.0941709045 Summary: A decade of creative change and innovation, 'Ireland in the 1950s' seeks to show a society's questioning and searching for solutions to national problems in a decade characterised by high unemployment, poor economic performance, mass emigration and a flight from countryside to the cities.Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 306.0941709045 KEO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0055943 |
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Includes index.
A decade of creative change and innovation, 'Ireland in the 1950s' seeks to show a society's questioning and searching for solutions to national problems in a decade characterised by high unemployment, poor economic performance, mass emigration and a flight from countryside to the cities.