Dublin: The Making of a Capital City

David Dickson

Published by Harvard University Press 2014

Dublin

The Making of a Capital City

David Dickson

https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674745032

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About this book

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.

Reviews

This history of Dublin is an insightful, deeply researched, witty volume, which anyone interested in Ireland, England, Georgian architecture, or the misadventures of nation-building will find fascinating.
-- Edward Short Weekly Standard

In Dublin, Dickson has woven together the city’s social, economic, cultural, demographic and architectural histories; the story he tells will intrigue natives, enlighten newcomers and stand as a monument to this great city’s place in an ever-changing Ireland.
-- John Gallagher The Telegraph

[Dickson] distils a mountain of scholarship to illuminate the whole of Dublin’s history. He is strongest on political and social change, informative too on the city’s marvellous architecture… This is the fullest overview of the many transformations of one of the world’s most enchanting cities.
-- Eamon Duffy The Times

I thought I knew the history of my hometown, Dublin, and then I read David Dickson’s wise and stylish book…[An] eloquent book…Dickson’s book was teaching me things about my hometown until almost the very last page.
-- Robert Cremins Los Angeles Review of Books

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
List of Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xvii
Prologue: Dublin Town and the First Thousand Years Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The Fashioning of a Capital: 1600–1647 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
2. Court City: 1647–1690 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
3. Injured Lady: 1690–1750 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
4. ‘This Now Great Metropolis’: 1750–1780 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
5. Patriot Town: 1780–1798 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
6. Apocalypse Deferred: 1798–1830 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	258
7. A Tale of Four Cities: 1830–1880 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	306
8. Whose Dublin? 1880–1913 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	379
9. Eruption: 1913–1919 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	425
10. A Capital Once Again: 1920–1940 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	461
11. The Modern Turn: 1940–1972 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	502
12. Millennium City: 1972–2000 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	536
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	564
List of Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	651
Bibliographical Note Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	655
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	670

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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition: Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
Pages
- Main content: 736
Illustrations
- Other: 8 color illustrations, 54 halftones, 6 maps

eBook

Published: November 24, 2014
ISBN: 9780674745032