Modern Dublin : urban change and the Irish past,1957-1973 / Erika Hanna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hanna, Erika.

Series:

Oxford Historical Monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dublin (Ireland)--History.

Dublin (Ireland).

Ireland--Politics and government--1949-.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume provides a new history of the capital of Ireland during the 1960s, examining how an aging 18th-century city was rapidly transformed by speculative office construction and suburban development, and exploring how this impacted on the lives of the city's ordinary inhabitants.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Modern Dublin and the Irish Past; 1. Planning and the Eighteenth-Century City, 1955-75; 2. Georgian Dublin and Modern Architecture, 1950-65; 3. Kildare Place and the Irish Georgian Society, 1957-8; 4. Modernization and Preservation, 1958-65; 5. Housing, Community, and Preservation, 1963-70; 6. Material Culture and Social Politics, 1964-73; 7. Office Politics, 1965-70; Conclusion: The Invention of Georgian Dublin; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 21, 2013).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-299-74640-3

0-19-150162-X

OCLC:

854758565