Ireland: A New Economic History ; 1780 - 1939

Cormac O'Grada

Oxford University Press on Demand, 1995 - Social Science - 536 pages

Ireland: A New Economic History offers a fresh, comprehensive economic history of Ireland between 1780 and 1939, which is mould-breaking in its methodology and unparalleled in its broad scope and comparative focus. Cormac O Grada unites historical research and economic theory in an original and stimulating book which will be essential reading for all students of Irish history. Within a broadly chronological framework, Professor O Grada examines all the well-known puzzles of Irish economic history during this period - including the 'inevitability' of the famine, the role of land tenure in agricultural backwardness, and the 'failure' of the economy to industrialize. His account is both accessible, with technical discussion kept to a minimum, and intellectually exciting.

About the author

Cormac O Grada is on the editorial boards of Explorations in Economic History, European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, and Journal of Economic History. He is the author of Ireland before and after the Famine: Explorations in Economic History 1800-1930 (MUP, 1988; pb 1990), The Great Irish Famine (Macmillan, 1989), and Eire Roimh an nGorta: An Saol Eacnamacioch [Ireland before the Famine: Economic Life] (Dublin, 1988)

Bibliographic information

• Title: Ireland: A New Economic History ; 1780 - 1939
• Author: Cormac O'Grada
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand, 1995
• ISBN: 0198205988, 9780198205982
• Length: 536 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Economic History; History / Europe / Ireland; Social Science / Criminology