The 1930s in Ireland is often thought of as a bleak period of economic stagnation and unemployment. But 1932, hailed by the Irish Press as a 'new era', was an early glimmer of the modernity and success Ireland would later reach: a sequence of events and achievements that included technological advances in travel, agriculture, home appliances and entertainment; Olympic gold medals and the meteoric rise of boxing phenomenon Jack Doyle; a spectacular Eucharistic Congress; sweepstakes and a so called gold rush; as well as the election of Ăamon de Valera and transformations in politics and culture.The soundtrack scoring all this change was the jazz craze, which landed in Ireland in the early 1930s and flourished throughout the country, loosening the conservative social and moral order of the time. Jazz brought new forms of dress, lifestyle and behaviour, exciting and exhilarating a younger generation for the future, while leaving an older generation wary of such rapid change.A Year of Glory and Gold is an energetic and exuberant biography of a bright year in Ireland's history, combining deep archival research with spirited storytelling by one of Ireland's best-loved social historians.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prologue
- Chapter 1: Modernity and the jazz craze
- Chapter 2: Election glory and gold rush
- Chapter 3: Sweepstakes mania and âgolden dreamsâ
- Chapter 4: âTimes-are-a-changingâ
- Chapter 5: âThe step of a queenâ
- Chapter 6: A kingly coming
- Chapter 7: Glory be!
- Chapter 8: Outrages and outcries
- Chapter 9: Tailteann Games â âIrelandâs Olympiadâ
- Chapter 10: Gaiety, hustle and hubbub of modern life
- Chapter 11: Golden glory
- Chapter 12: Jack the Giant Killer
- Chapter 13: Patriotism, metaphors, music and Muckross
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Copyright
- About the Author
- Also by Kevin C. Kearns
- About Gill Books
- Photo Section
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