Renaissance Nation: How the Pope's Children Rewrote the Rules for Ireland (Unabridged) Renaissance Nation: How the Pope's Children Rewrote the Rules for Ireland (Unabridged)

Renaissance Nation: How the Pope's Children Rewrote the Rules for Ireland (Unabridged‪)‬

    • $21.99

    • $21.99

Description de l’éditeur

In four decades, bookended by the Pope’s visits to Ireland in September 1979 and August 2018, Ireland has become one of the wealthiest and most progressive nations in the world, a bustling home to multinationals and start-ups, seemingly immune to the strains of radical populism sweeping the Western world. It’s a far cry from the dreary and stagnant nation of 40 years ago.

If we look at the data, but for the recent economic crash that should have but didn’t derail the country for decades, the Irish economy appears to have burst from the blocks in 1990 and kept on going. So how did we manage it? How did we go from economic embarrassment to avocado toast in the space of a generation? The answer, David McWilliams compellingly argues, isn’t to be found in the official records of government. Instead, this was a revolution from below, born of "a million little mutinies" in Irish society, a wholesale shift in the way normal people see and think about themselves.

Characteristically brilliant and timely, Renaissance Nation is a thrilling account of Ireland’s vertiginous rise and a timely exploration of its conflicted present, where stark decisions await the next generation of would-be revolutionaries.

GENRE
History
NARRATION
DM
David McWilliams
LANGUE
EN
Anglais
DURÉE
11:22
h min
SORTIE
2019
21 novembre
ÉDITEUR
David McWilliams
PRÉSENTÉ PAR
Audible.com
TAILLE
609,8
 Mo

D’autres ont aussi acheté

The Secret Barrister The Secret Barrister
2018
The Second Half The Second Half
2014
A History of the World A History of the World
2012
How Will You Measure Your Life? How Will You Measure Your Life?
2012
Middle East Conflict (Unabridged) Middle East Conflict (Unabridged)
2008
John Bishop Live: The Sunshine Tour John Bishop Live: The Sunshine Tour
2012