Ireland

This work offers a comprehensive economic history of Ireland between 1780 and 1939, its methodology has a broad scope and a comparative focus. The author unites historical research and economic theory. Within a chronological framework, Professor O Grada examines all the well-known puzzles of Irish economic history during this period, including the "inevitability" of the Famine, the role of land tenure in agricultural backwardness and the "failure" of the economy to industrialize. Cormac O Grada is the author of "Ireland Before the Famine: Economic Life", "Ireland Before and After the Famine: Explorations in Economic History 1800-1930" and "The Great Irish Famine".