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An Irish history of civilization. Volume 1 / Don Akenson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Akenson, Donald H.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization, Modern--Irish influences--Anecdotes.
- Civilization, Modern.
- Irish--Foreign countries--Anecdotes.
- Irish.
- Ireland--Civilization--Anecdotes.
- Ireland.
- Ireland--Emigration and immigration--Anecdotes.
- Ireland--History--Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- online resource (2 volumes)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In a sprawling chronicle of civilization through Irish eyes, Akenson takes us from St Patrick to Woodie Guthrie, from Constantine to John F. Kennedy, from India to the Australian outback. In two volumes of masterful storytelling he creates ironic, playful, and acerbic historical miniatures - a quixotic series of reconstructions woven into a helix in which the same historical figures reappear in radically different contexts as their narratives intersect with the larger picture.
- Contents:
- v. 1. Downpatrick is the butterfly capital of the universe
- v. 2. Kings of the wild frontiers?
- Notes:
- Includes indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-86348-7
- 9786612863486
- 0-7735-7283-X
- OCLC:
- 243600922
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