Europe's most westerly capital city was established by invaders and was for most of its history the locus of colonial administration, the engine room of foreign power, and a major site of indigenous resistance. From The Act of Union through nineteenth-century decline and into the early years of Irish independence it was a city identified with poverty, dirt, and decaying splendor. The Celtic Tiger produced sweeping changes, including massive new building projects, and the surprising revelation that Dublin has become fashionable. Siobh�n Kilfeather finds the legacy of the past undergoing a series of transformations in the vibrant atmosphere of contemporary Dublin.
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Siobhan Kilfeather is at University of Sussex.
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How to Make Dublin Boring,
By Peg from NYC (New York, New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dublin: A Cultural History (Cityscapes) (Paperback)
Having read the suberb Cityscapes book on Lima I ordered this book because I spent much time in Dublin in the 1950's and was interested in its transformation to a city so different than the De Valera years. I was very disappointed. She covered all the history and the buildings of Dublin but in a curiously stilted fashion.The charm of the city, its remarkably lively inhabitants, the enormous talent in its literary culture seemed buried in a wealth of historical details which one could get in any competent guide book.
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