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This work examines how the economic power of Britain and the US limits the opportunities for small states to develop. It follows the history of the Atlantic economy since the 16th century and shows how Ireland's repeated attempts to industrialize were transformed by British and American power.

Table of Contents

1. Global Power and Local Economic Change
2. Incorporation and Before
3. The First Cycle of Industrial Transformation: Wool to Linen
4. Cotton to Linen: The Second Cycle
5. The Third Cycle: Import-substitution to Export-oriented Industrialisation
6. The Transformed Industry: Foreign Investment
7. Riding the New Economy: From Green Donkey to Celtic Tiger
8. Comparing cycles of peripheral economic change

Atlantic Economy Britain the US and Ireland

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      Publisher Manchester University Press
      Published 8 September 2001
      ISBN-13 9780719059742
      978-0719059742
      ISBN-10 0719059747

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This work examines how the economic power of Britain and the US limits the opportunities for small states to develop. It follows the history of the Atlantic economy since the 16th century and shows how Ireland's repeated attempts to industrialize were transformed by British and American power.

      Table of Contents

      1. Global Power and Local Economic Change
      2. Incorporation and Before
      3. The First Cycle of Industrial Transformation: Wool to Linen
      4. Cotton to Linen: The Second Cycle
      5. The Third Cycle: Import-substitution to Export-oriented Industrialisation
      6. The Transformed Industry: Foreign Investment
      7. Riding the New Economy: From Green Donkey to Celtic Tiger
      8. Comparing cycles of peripheral economic change

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