Mixed blessings : changing irish identity / WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Mixed blessings : changing irish identity / WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

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Ireland never had an industrial revolution-its economy leaped from agrarian gloom into high-tech high-gear almost overnight. This Wide Angle case study visits Limerick, one of the country's largest cities and the epitome of the Celtic Tiger's rise. Once the blighted setting of Angela'...

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Online Access: Streaming video (Emerson users only)
Corporate Contributors: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Films Media Group, WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2006]
Series:Wide angle collection : human stories, global issues.
Subjects:
Urbanization.
Technology > Social aspects.
Social ecology.
Social change > Technological aspects.
Social change > Environmental aspects.
Science > Social aspects.
Rural-urban migration.
Population policy.
Europe > History > 20th century.
Videorecording.
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Table of Contents:
  • Ireland's Economic Transformation (4:45)
  • Selling the Sacred Heart Church: Tradition Collides with Prosperity (5:15)
  • Entrepreneurship (2:33)
  • The Female Workforce (1:41)
  • Emigrants Return Home (3:22)
  • Selling the Sacred Heart Church: Losing a Way of Life (2:29)
  • Family Life (1:30)
  • An Irish Farmer (2:28)
  • New Immigrants: Anna Arrives from Poland (2:23)
  • Selling the Sacred Heart Church: The New Owner (4:21)
  • Influence of the Church Declines (1:09)
  • New Immigrants: Anna Searches for a Job (2:54)
  • Emigration, Family Tradition, or Modern Career? (2:34)
  • New Immigrants: Anna's Struggle (3:14)
  • Selling the Sacred Heart Church: Final Mass (4:04)
  • Rise of the Celtic Tiger (7:18)

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