Louis Michael Cullen (born 1932) is an

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and

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.2003 "Riverdance Originators Among Five Distinguished Honorary Degree Recipients,"
''University News'' (National University of Ireland Maynooth), June 2003, p. 2; retrieved 2012-11-9. He is Professor of Modern Irish History at

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has described him as "the most prolific, most wide-ranging, and the most enterprising historian of his generation in Ireland."

Early life

Cullen's family came from

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. He took a master's degree at

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with a thesis on

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in 18th century

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, where he was also the auditor of the History Society in 1953/54. Then he took a doctorate at the

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Career

Cullen was posted to the Irish embassy in

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as a

, and he developed an interest in the former trading links between Ireland and

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. In 1963, he joined the history department at Trinity College as a lecturer. In 1972, he was appointed professor of Irish History; and he became a Senior Fellow. In 1970 he was a co-founder of the Economic and Social History Society of Ireland. A speaker of

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, he has also written a history of Japan between 1582 and 1941. His book "An Economic History of Ireland Since 1660" has been reprinted and used widely as a textbook for students of Irish history. Cullen's close study of economic trends has led to a more nuanced understanding of aspects of Irish life in 1700–1850. A traditional view had been that the economic decline of Dublin from 1801 was linked to the 1800 Act of Union with Britain, and the loss of the

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and local political control. Cullen considered that the decline was inevitable, given the new steam-powered

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, and would have happened even if no union had occurred, and if

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had managed to secure a high level of Irish autonomy.

Selected works

In an overview of writings by and about Cullen,

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Cullen, L. M. (Louis M.)
retrieved 2012-11-9. :''This list is not finished; you can help Wikipedia by adding to it.'' * ''Anglo-Irish Trade 1600-1800,'' 1968 * ''The Formation of the Irish Economy,'' 1969 * ''An Economic History of Ireland Since 1660,'' 1972 * ''Négoce et industrie en France et en Irlande aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles: actes du Colloque franco-irlandais d'histoire, Bordeaux, mai, 1978,'' 1980 * ''The Emergence of Modern Ireland 1600-1900,'' 1981 * ''The Hidden Ireland: Reassessment of a Concept,'' 1988 * ''Culture et pratiques politiques en France et en Irlande XVIe-XVIIIe siècle: actes colloque de Marseille 28 septembre-2 octobre 1988,'' 1990 *
Edmund Burke and Trinity College: lifetime ties and later commemoration
' 1997 * ''A History of Japan 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds,'' 2003

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