The slow failure
Subtitle: population decline and independent Ireland, 1922-1973
By: Mary E. Daly.
Series: History of Ireland and the Irish diaspora
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Madison, Wis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
Subjects: Ireland -- Population -- History -- 20th century.; Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.; Ireland -- History -- 1922-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The pathology of Irish demographic history; title: Saving rural Ireland : 1920-c. 1960; title: Marriages, births and fertility : the Irish family; title: The Irish state and its emigrants : c. 1922-1954; title: The vanishing Irish : 1954-1961; title: 1961-1971 : "A worthy homeland for the Irish people"; title: "A ticket to London is a ticket to hell" : emigrants, emigrant welfare and images of Ireland.