Diarmaid Ferriter
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In 1900, Ireland was a restless, impoverished, neglected corner of the British Empire. By 2000, it had become the "Celtic Tiger" of Europe. How did this happen? [This book] sets out to give a full account of what it was like to grow up and live in twentieth-century Ireland.-Dust jacket.
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'Occasions of Sin' charts the Irish sexual experience over the course of the 20th century. In tackling the public and private worlds of Irish sex, this book is groundbreaking in its scope and ambition, covering such subjects as abortion, pregnancy, celibacy, contraception, prostitution, marriage, and popular culture.