The Lost Decade: Ireland in the 1950s (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781856354189)

This book brings to light the social, cultural, political and economic complexities and contradictions of Ireland in the 1950s. A decade of creative change and innovation, 'Ireland in the 1950s' seeks to show a society's questioning and searching for solutions to national problems in a decade characterised by high unemployment, poor economic performance, mass emigration and a flight from countryside to the cities