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The first Irish cities : an eighteenth-century transformation /

A backward corner of Europe in 1600, Ireland was transformed during the following centuries. This was most evident in the rise of its cities, notably Dublin and Cork. David Dickson explores ten urban centers and their patterns of physical, social, and cultural evolution, relating this to the legacie...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dickson, David, 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Walls Come Down
  • 2. Peopling the Cities
  • 3. The Keys of the Kingdom
  • 4. Northern Turn
  • 5. Workshop, Warehouse and the Primacy of Dublin
  • 6. Together and Apart
  • 7. Projects and Projections
  • 8. Food for Thought
  • 9. Order and Disorder
  • 10. The Shutting of the Gates
  • 11. Partings
  • Conclusion.