Dublin : the shaping of a capital /
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| Author / Creator: | MacLaran, Andrew |
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Belhaven Press ; New York : Co-published in the Americas by Halstead Press, 1993. |
| Description: | xiii, 242 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | World cities series |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1419944 |
| Summary: | The immortalization of Dublin and Dubliners share a highly romantic and idealized international image compliments of James Joyce and Brendan Behan. A comprehensive urban geography of the city is examined as to how far the stereotypical picture of Dublin life and landscape engage with the real facts of a modern industrial and political capital. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 242 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0470220090 1852931663 |