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Tourism, landscape, and the Irish character : British travel writers in pre-famine Ireland / William H. A. Williams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, W. H. A.
- Series:
- History of Ireland and the Irish diaspora
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Travelers' writings, British--History and criticism.
- Travelers' writings, British.
- Historiography.
- Ireland--Description and travel--Historiography.
- Ireland.
- Ireland--Historiography.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 267 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- 1 Picturesque Tourism in Ireland 21
- 2 Historical and Religious Landscapes 32
- 3 Putting Paddy in the Picture 51
- 4 British Tourists and Irish Stereotypes 63
- 5 Tourism and the Semeiotics of Irish Poverty 80
- 6 Irish Poverty and the Irish Character 105
- 7 Misreading the Agricultural Landscape 127
- 8 Discovering the Moral Landscape 147
- 9 Landscape, Tourism, and the Imperial Imagination in Connemara 162.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-255) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0299225208
- 9780299225209
- OCLC:
- 154676897
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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