Ireland - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs &

Ireland - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

The island of Ireland is famous for its timeless beauty, the variety of its landscape, its quiet towns and lively cities, the poetic and literary genius of so many of its citizens, its music and folklore, and its colorful and bloody history. What is also true is that the Irish people have in many ways changed in recent years, while retaining the scars and proud memories of their past, and their thriving national culture. Twenty-first century Ireland, North and South, is the product not only of its history and culture, but also of massive political change, remarkable efforts to heal centuries-old animosities, a metamorphosis in social and religious attitudes, and the dramatic peaks and troughs of a transformed economy. Until the late twentieth century Southern Irelandâ€™s economy was essentially rural, tied to the UK; the North, a place of heavy industry. Then came the so-called â€œCeltic Tiger,â€ springing forward into a largely new type of economy that reaped colossal rewards. New industries arose, old industries disappeared. This was followed by financial collapse in the first decade of this century, worse than almost any country in Europe. Helped by its friends, and, at least in the South, by governmental and popular acceptance of savage austerity measures, Ireland survived. Today the Republic is a major target for US and European investment. Businesspeople and visitors who donâ€™t know Ireland will find this book an invaluable introduction to the people, the country, and the economic opportunities it offers; while if you think you know Ireland and the Irish you will find plenty here to broaden and deepen that knowledge, and also plenty that will surprise you.
Country USA
Brand Kuperard
Manufacturer Kuperard
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2016-07-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781857338423

Country	USA
Brand	Kuperard
Manufacturer	Kuperard
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2016-07-05
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781857338423

Ireland - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

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