Dublin : : The Making of a Capital City / / David Dickson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Dickson, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (736 p.) :; 8 color illustrations, 54 halftones, 6 maps

As rich and diverse as its subject, Dickson’s magisterial history brings 1,400 years of Dublin vividly to life: from its medieval incarnation through the neoclassical eighteenth century, the Easter Rising that convulsed the city in 1916, the bloody civil war following the handover of power by Britain, to end-of-millennium urban renewal efforts.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Prologue: Dublin Town and the First Thousand Years -- 1. The Fashioning of a Capital: 1600–1647 -- 2. Court City: 1647–1690 -- 3. Injured Lady: 1690–1750 -- 4. ‘This Now Great Metropolis’: 1750–1780 -- 5. Patriot Town: 1780–1798 -- 6. Apocalypse Deferred: 1798–1830 -- 7. A Tale of Four Cities: 1830–1880 -- 8. Whose Dublin? 1880–1913 -- 9. Eruption: 1913–1919 -- 10. A Capital Once Again: 1920–1940 -- 11. The Modern Turn: 1940–1972 -- 12. Millennium City: 1972–2000 -- Notes -- List of Illustrations -- Bibliographical Note -- Index