Reinventing Modern Dublin - Streetscape, Iconography and the Politics of Identity (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)

Yvonne Whelan takes the reader from the contested iconography of Dublin as it evolved in the years before Independence through to the contemporary plans for the millennium spire on O'Connell Street, showing how a shift has taken place from an intensely political symbolic landscape to one that is increasingly apolitical, in tune with the changing nature of Irish politics, culture and society at the turn of the 21st century. In her comprehensive discussion of how the streetscape has changed, Whelan explores the capacity of the cultural landscape to underpin and reinforce particular narratives of identity and reveals the ways in which issues of street naming, building, designing and memorializing became firmly grounded in space and bound up with the politics of representation. Incorporating many pictures, maps and plans, "Reinventing Modern Dublin" is a work of historical, cultural and urban geography, a valuable addition to the growing body of knowledge about Dublin's historical geography and Irish urbanism.

General

Imprint:	University College Dublin Press
Country of origin:	Ireland
Release date:	May 2003
First published:	August 2003
Authors:	Yvonne Whelan
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	336
Edition:	Illustrated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-900621-85-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Historical geography Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Landscape art & architecture > City & town planning - architectural aspects Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General
LSN:	1-900621-85-1
Barcode:	9781900621854

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