The Atlantic economy
Subtitle: Britain, the US and Ireland
By: Denis O'Hearn.
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Manchester; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Economic development.; Industrialization -- Ireland -- History.; Développement économique.; Industrialisation -- Irlande -- Histoire.; Ireland -- Economic conditions.; Ireland -- Dependency on Great Britain -- History.; Ireland -- Dependency on United States -- History.; Ireland -- Foreign economic relations.; Irlande -- Conditions économiques.; Irlande -- Dépendance à l'égard de la Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire.; Irlande -- Dépendance à l'égard des États-Unis -- Histoire.; Irlande -- Relations économiques extérieures.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-230) and index.
Table of contents: title: Global power and local economic change; title: Incorporation and before; title: The first cycle of industrial transformation: wool to linen; title: The second cycle of industrial transformation: cotton to linen; title: The third cycle of industrial transformation: import substitution to export-oriented industrialisation; title: The transformed industry: foreign investment; title: Riding the new economy: from green donkey to Celtic tiger; title: Comparing cycles of peripheral economic change.