The Slow Failure : Population Decline and Independent Ireland, 1920-1973.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (455 pages)
- History of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora Series .
- History of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. The Pathology of Irish Demographic History -- 2. Saving Rural Ireland: 1920-1960 -- 3. Marriages, Births, and Fertility: The Irish Family -- 4. The Irish State and Its Emigrants: 1922-1954 -- 5. The Vanishing Irish: 1954 -1961 -- 6. 1961-1971: "A Worthy Homeland forthe Irish People"? -- 7. "A Ticket to London Is a Ticket to Hell" : Emigrants, Emigrant Welfare, and Images of Ireland -- Statistical Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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