Introduction: Ireland 1921-84 ; 1. From the Treaty to Civil War 1921-2 ; 2. Civil War and Aftermath 1922-4 ; 3. Land and People c.1926 ; 4. Politics and the State 1922-32 ; 5. The Republicanisation of Irish Society 1932-48 ; 6. Northern Ireland 1920-25 ; 7. Northern Ireland 1925-39 ; 8. Northern Ireland 1939-45 ; 9. To the Declaration of the Republic and the Ireland Act 1945-9 ; 10. Economic Crisis and Political Cold War 1949-57 ; 11. Economic Progress and Political Pragmatism 1957-63 ; 12. Reconciliation, Rights, and Protests 1963-8 ; 13. The North Erupts, and Ireland enters Europe 1968-72 ; 14. Ireland 1972-84 ; 15. Northern Ireland 1972-84 ; 16. Land and People c.1983 ; 17. The Two Economies of Ireland in the Twentieth Century ; 18. Literature in English 1921-84 ; 19. Irish Language and Literature 1921-84 ; 20. The Visual Arts and Society 1921-84 ; 21. Music in Southern Ireland since 1921 ; 22. Music in Northern Ireland since 1921 ; 23. The Mass Media in Twentieth-Century Ireland ; 24. Pre-University Education 1921-84 ; 25. Higher Education 1908-84 ; 26. Emigration and Immigration in the Twentieth Century: An Overview ; 27. Women, Emancipation, and Politics 1860-1984 ; Bibliography ; Index

Most comprehensive coverage of any single-volume survey of twentieth-century Irish history Offers a new survey of the political history of Ireland from the partition and war of independence to the New Ireland Forum of 1984

Most comprehensive coverage of any single-volume survey of twentieth-century Irish history Offers a new survey of the political history of Ireland from the partition and war of independence to the New Ireland Forum of 1984