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Luck and the Irish: A Brief History of Change from 1970
Roy Foster is one of Ireland's leading historians, the author of the much acclaimed two-volume biography of Yeats as well as the definitive history Modern Ireland, which has been hailed as "dazzling" (New York Times Book Review) and "elegant, erudite, wise, witty" (Irish Times). Now, this brilliant writer offers a "short and combative" account...more
Hardcover, 227 pages
Published
March 14th 2008
by Oxford University Press
(first published 2007)
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In trying to provide a coherent analysis of the huge changes that Ireland has undergone in the last 35 years, R.F. Foster has set himself an impossible task. It's not surprising, therefore, that he doesn't entirely succeed. But he does acquit himself very well in the attempt.
The book is short (~200 pages) and divided into five, densely argued, chapters:
1. The Miracle of Loaves and Fishes
2. How the Catholics became Protestants
3. The Party Fight and Funeral
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The book is short (~200 pages) and divided into five, densely argued, chapters:
1. The Miracle of Loaves and Fishes
2. How the Catholics became Protestants
3. The Party Fight and Funeral
...more
A masterly little book from the Professor of Irish History at Oxford whose last work was the definitive biography of Yeats. He documents the changes from Dev's Ireland to the presentday covering all sections of Irish life and the relation with the North. To give an idea one chapter heading is 'How the Catholics Became Protestants'.
A short, but dense, book on modern Irish history. In a couple of hundred pages, it covers the transformation that has occurred in the Republic.
Some truths, but mostly superficial. Disappointing.
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Robert Fitzroy Foster, commonly called Roy Foster, was born in Waterford Ireland. The son of two teachers, Foster attended St. Andrew's for a year and then transferred to Trinity College, Dublin to study history. Foster holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Trinity College. He has held professorships and fellowships at Birkbeck College, University of London; St Antony's College, Oxford; the Institute ...more
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