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A quantitative analysis of the situation of Ireland's children during the famine era (1841-1861), this study utilizes census data to construct a series of indices to measure the quality of life for children in each of Ireland's 32 counties.

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A pioneering study of the seminal period from the declaration of the Republic of Ireland, and the foundation of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), in 1949 until Ireland and Britain entered the EEC in 1973. Draws on unexploited original sources from Ireland and Germany. Dramatically re-envisions the foundations of contemporary Ireland.

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Virtually every aspect of American culture has been influenced by Irish immigrants and their descendants. This encyclopedia tells the full story of the Irish-American experience, covering immigration, assimilation, and achievement.

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This book provides an engaging and informative insight into the experiences, dreams and hopes of children and teenagers in contemporary Ireland. -- .

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Ireland's international reputation has suffered periodic fluctuation, from model case of rapid development, to exemplar of political and economic mismanagement. This book argues that both perspectives overlook more important and persistent features of Irish political life. -- .

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This is the first field study of the kind of lives that the most recent Irish immigrants have in New York City today. Teachers, and students, readers interested in issues of identity and ethnicity, immigration trends and problems, and the history of the Irish in the United States will enjoy this easy-to-read, first-hand account.

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Irish nationalism and European integration are enduringly powerful forces each able to provoke momentous change in national identities, borders and governance. This book analyses the ways in which Irish political leaders have assiduously presented these two forces as complementary and, in so doing, have redefined the island of Ireland as a whole.

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Irish nationalism and European integration are enduringly powerful forces each able to provoke momentous change in national identities, borders and governance. This book analyses the ways in which Irish political leaders have assiduously presented these two forces as complementary and, in so doing, have redefined the island of Ireland as a whole.

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This anxiety had been articulated by numerous organizations and interest groups since the debate over television began to take shape in the 1950s.

A number of corporations and organizations had expressed a keen interest in building and operating television stations in Ireland.

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A fascinating trip into colonial history, the result of collaboration between family historians, genealogists and social historians

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Tells the story of four men who commanded battlefleets in the 20th century.

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This book is an in-depth analysis of how the National Woman's Party's militancy evolved during the period of early twentieth century feminism and American suffrage as a response to the intransigence of male-centered government.

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This title presents a view of the Ironside as a warrior who evolved from the experiments of the 16th and early 17th centuries to combine firepower with the armoured cavalryman. It reflects his wider service in the Royalist as well as the Parliamentarian armies and beyond the civil wars.

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The first book to explore systematically and comprehensively the influence and utility of irrationality in international relations, this study begins with an intensive exploration of the nature of irrationality.

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The irrational social system known as capitalism has, over time, led to the destruction of the environment. A possibility exists to replace capitalism with a form of rational socialism that doesn't necessitate conquering the environment.

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In recent year, pro-gay and anti-gay rights activists have engaged in a struggle to sway public opinion in their favor through the use of ideologically charged rhetoric in an effort to win support from an undecided public.

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In recent year, pro-gay and anti-gay rights activists have engaged in a struggle to sway public opinion in their favor through the use of ideologically charged rhetoric in an effort to win support from an undecided public.

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In Irreconcilable Differences, author David Cole speculates that Americans may be living through the beginning of the devolution of the United States a development that may unfold after our lifetimes, although it could happen sooner. Is contemporary America an example of the Aristotelian phenomenon of coming into being and passing away

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The idea of national unification has long been a powerful mobilizing force for nationalist thinkers and ethnic entrepreneurs since the rise of nationalist ideology in the late 1700s.

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Hall and Lindholm do not skirt the internal contradictions and moral tensions of American society but nonetheless recognize the strength and promise of its institutions and culture. Their book is a response to the doomsayers in the reassessment of our society.

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This book empowers Americans by providing them with the knowledge and skills needed to understand terrorist strategies, which allow each of us to contribute to disrupting the terrorists' intended goals through observing and reporting suspicious activity, reducing target vulner...

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Are the arts good for us This work questions our taken-for-granted assumptions about the transformational powers of high culture by critiquing an instrumental American heritage of beliefs about the arts.