When Ireland began to industrialize in the 1960s and 1970s‚ why did it mostly occur in rural Ireland and what were the consequences for the rural residents? Ireland went through industrial transformation in the period of the 1960s and 1970s. This essay will argue that the changes were felt more and had a greater impact on rural Ireland. Using documentary evidence and primary sources of information this essay will show that these changes affected areas such as‚ economy‚ families‚ rural communities
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The purpose of this essay is to ask‚ when Ireland began to industrialise in the 1960s and the 1970s why it mainly occurred in the west. This essay will discuss postcolonial Ireland (1920s-1960s). It will define rural fundamentalism and how it informed social and economic policies in Ireland‚ it will focus on how poverty‚ emigration and unemployment and how it played a key role in the eclipsing of the communities of rural Ireland This essay will discuss how the opening up of the economy and the shift
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metallurgy production. Geographers view it as the extensive organisation of an economy for the purpose of manufacturing (Hiller‚ 2010). Industrialisation started in North America around 1840’s with the migration of industrial technology. People adapted use of machines. Agriculture revolution took place and farmers produced more crops for more people. Lot of rural to urban and international migration took place. There was competition amongst factories and shops for prime lands‚ right in the core of
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Project Title: The Development of the Irish Economy since 1960 Module: Economic and Social Policy Course: BAHBMD3 Date: 14 November 2012 Student: Kenneth Whelan Word count 2000 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Free Trade and EEC Membership 3 From Sterling to EMS 5 The Celtic Tiger 6 PART B
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The Industrial Revolution began in England during the 1700s and spread throughout the rest of Europe. The Industrial Revolution was a time of new inventions‚ products‚ and methods of work. The results of the Industrial Revolution led to many short and long-term positive and negative effects. However the short-term negative effects outweighed the long-term positive effects of the Industrial Revolution. Short-term negative effects included death and illnesses from working in factories‚ poor working
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1a: Describe pre-industrial rural life and cottage industries What was life like before machines? 2 things: life and home how production worked large‚ mostly poor lower class; small‚ mostly rich upper class (no middle class) 9/10 people on farms many items handmade knew very little about outside world => travel difficult domestic industries => home business mostly making cloth “home-based textile makers” v. few people literate raised food on small farms textile manufacturing => first
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UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA Forty-sixth session of the Economic Commission for Africa Sixth Joint Annual Meetings of the ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance‚ Planning and Economic Development and AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION Eighth session of the Conference of African Ministers of Economy and Finance Distr.: General E/ECA/CM/46/2 AU/CAMEF/MIN/2(VIII) 7 March 2013 Abidjan‚
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Mining refers to the process of extracting metals and minerals from the earth. Gold‚ silver‚ diamond‚ iron‚ coal‚ and uranium are just a few of the vast array of metals and minerals that are obtained by this process. In fact‚ mining is the source of all the substances that cannot be obtained by industrial processes or through agriculture. Mining reaps huge profits for the companies that own them and provides employment to a large number of people. It is also a huge source of revenue for the government
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History of industrialisation Main article: Pre-industrial society A Watt steam engine‚ the steam engine fuelled primarily by coal that propelled the Industrial Revolution in the United Kingdom and the world.[10] Most pre-industrial economies had standards of living not much above subsistence‚ among that the majority of the population were focused on producing their means of survival. For example‚ in medieval Europe‚ 80% of the labour force was employed in subsistence agriculture. Some pre-industrial
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The effect of Industrialisation shown by rising income levels since 1500. The graph shows the gross domestic product (at purchasing power parity) per capita between 1500 and 1950 in 1990 International dollars for selected nations. [1] Industrialisation (orindustrialization) is the process of social and economic change that transforms a human group from anagrarian society into an industrialone. It is a part of a widermodernisation process‚ where social change and economic developmentare closely related
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