From dependent free state to EEC member-state; economic policies 1922-1973 -- A new frontier; the EEC/EU and economic governance: 1973-2011 -- Nature's bounty; agriculture and natural resources -- Late industrialization; from import substitution to foreign direct investment -- From good haircuts...

1. From dependent free state to EEC member-state : economic policies 1922-1973 -- 2. A new frontier : the EEC/EU and economic governance : 1973-2011 -- 3. Nature's bounty : agriculture and natural resources -- 4. Late industrialization : from import substitution to foreign direct investment --...

chapter Introduction -- part Part I The linen industry: The lead sector in the industrialisation of Ulster -- chapter 1 The evolution of the linen industry prior to mechanisation, 1700–1825 -- chapter 2 Transition: the first generation of wet spinners, 1825–50 -- chapter 3 The high...

This article fundamentally challenges the notion that Ireland was a peripheral or underdeveloped economy relative to other European economies at the beginning of this century. Through an empirical investigation of consumer expenditure in Ireland in 1907, a new estimate of Irish GDP has been...