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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Iron Curtains explores the human dimension of new city-building that has emerged in East Europe. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWB; JFSG; RGC; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444338263
ISBN
9781444338263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.87

Hardcover. Taking a humorous, nostalgic approach, Ronan Moore provides witty guide to all things distinctly Irish from weddings to wakes and everything in between that will leave you laughing all the way to the bog. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFC; WHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 176 x 27. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Gill & MacMillan, Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780717168200
ISBN
9780717168200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.92

Hardback. Focusing on Irish speakers in Catholic West Belfast, this ethnography on Irish language and identity explores the complexities of changing, and contradictory, senses of Irishness and shifting practices of "Irish culture" in the domains of language, music, dance, and sports. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 348 pages, 7 figs & tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; GTJ; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780857459138
ISBN
9780857459138
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.00

Paperback. Is there still a distinct Irish identity in America? This highly original survey says yes, though it's often an indirect one. Opening a new window on the meanings of Irishness over the twentieth century, this work also reveals how Catholicism, so key to the identity of earlier generations of Irish Americans, has also evolved. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813229188
ISBN
9780813229188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.58

Hardback. An exciting collection of essays revealing the tremendous diversity of women's experiences in Ireland's past. For the first time, this unique book draws together key articles published in the field over the last two decades. Editor(s): Urquhart, Diane; Hayes, Alan. Series: Routledge Readers in History. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 589. Keywords: General Irish History.
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
SKU
9780415199131
ISBN
9780415199131
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 80.00

Paperback. An exciting collection of essays revealing the tremendous diversity of women's experiences in Ireland's past. For the first time, this unique book draws together key articles published in the field over the last two decades. Editor(s): Urquhart, Diane; Hayes, Alan. Series: Routledge Readers in History. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 176 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460 General Irish HIstory. 242pp
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780415199148
ISBN
9780415199148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 35.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Irish Academic Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780716531531
ISBN
9780716531531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.27

Paperback. This work brings together in one volume the diverse and articulate voices of 17 Irish women writers from a variety of backgrounds and geographic locations. It examines the complicated maps of experience that these women's public, private, and literary lives represent. Editor(s): Moloney, Caitriona; Thompson, Helen. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DNF; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630258
ISBN
9780815630258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.39

Hardcover. This work brings together in one volume the diverse and articulate voices of 17 Irish women writers from a variety of backgrounds and geographic locations. It examines the complicated maps of experience that these women's public, private, and literary lives represent. Editor(s): Moloney, Caitriona; Thompson, Helen. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DNF; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629719
ISBN
9780815629719
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.77

Hardback. How did the Irish tame the Spanish Inquisition? Why did they become one of the most successful foreign groups in early modern Spain? When did they become indispensable foreign brokers for the Spanish kings? Using original inquisitorial trial and conversion sources, this book tells the surprising success story of the Spanish Irish. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 505.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137465894
ISBN
9781137465894
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.07

Hardcover. The first indepth history of the controversies surrounding the establishment of Radio Telefis Eireann. Series: Irish cultural studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFD; JP; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 539.
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859181010
ISBN
9781859181010
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.00
€ 45.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 105 x 5. Weight in Grams: 108.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Appletree Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847581310
ISBN
9781847581310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.70

Paperback. Popular guide to folk beliefs, old wives' tales and other spooky stuff from the Irish countryside from one of Ireland's leading folkorists. Num Pages: 144 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 125 x 7. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780717133710
ISBN
9780717133710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.33

Hardcover. Vaudeville is often viewed as the source of some of the crude stereotypes that positioned the Irish immigrant in America as the antithesis of native-born American citizens. Using primary archival material, Mooney argues that the vaudeville stage was an important venue in which an Irish-American identity was constructed, negotiated, and refined. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; ASZH; JFCA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137482648
ISBN
9781137482648
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.41

Paperback. The historical development of Irish social policy is charted here, with discussion of major influences on policy formation. Ireland is presented in a comparative context and as an example of the mixed economy of welfare. Policy-making, financing and evaluation are explained. Editor(s): Kiely, Gabriel; etc. Num Pages: 368 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBTB; JFF; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542. 8vo. Very good Copy. First edition. Politics and politicians in 20th century Ireland.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0310177
ISBN
9781900621250
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Hardcover. By setting the Irish religious conflict in a wide comparative perspective, this book offers fresh insights into the causes of religious conflicts, and potential means of resolving them. The collection mounts a challenge to views of 'Irish exceptionalism' and points to significant historical and contemporary commonalities across the Western world. Series: Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700-2000. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBTB; HRAM2; HRAM9; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137351890
ISBN
9781137351890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.92

Paperback. Editor(s): Loesberg, John. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations, music. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AVG; AVQS; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 92.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Ossian Publications Ltd Cork
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9780946005567
ISBN
9780946005567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.01

Paperback. A major multi-disciplinary portrayal and analysis of the often overlooked Protestant tradition in Ireland. Editor(s): Busteed, Mervyn; Neal, Frank; Tonge, Jonathan. Num Pages: 416 pages, Tables, black & white|Figures. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBTB; HRCC9; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 598.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
412
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719087752
ISBN
9780719087752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.96

Paperback. This collection explores popular culture in Ireland and Ireland in popular culture, from Fanfic to Orange Parades; from boybands to the Blessed Virgin Mary; from celebrity tourism to the Gaelic Athletic Association. The essays examine local and global Irishness, focusing on how gender, sexuality and race shape Irish 'postmodernity'. Editor(s): Balzano, Wanda; Mulhall, Anne. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; HPCF; JFC; JFSJ; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 325.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349284238
ISBN
9781349284238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

Hardcover. This collection explores popular culture in Ireland and Ireland in popular culture, from Fanfic to Orange Parades; from boybands to the Blessed Virgin Mary; from celebrity tourism to the Gaelic Athletic Association. The essays examine local and global Irishness, focusing on how gender, sexuality and race shape Irish 'postmodernity'. Editor(s): Mulhall, Anne; Sullivan, Moynagh. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230008700
ISBN
9780230008700
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.36

Hardcover. Centuries before W.B. Yeats wove Indian, Japanese and Irish forms together in his poetry and plays, Irish writers found kinships in Asian and West Asian cultures. This book maps the unacknowledged discourse of Irish Orientalism within Ireland's complex colonial heritage. Num Pages: 478 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630449
ISBN
9780815630449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.91

Paperback. Centuries before W B Yeats wove Indian, Japanese, and Irish forms together in his poetry and plays, Irish writers found kinship in Asian and West Asian cultures. This book maps the discourse of Irish Orientalism within Ireland's complex colonial heritage. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1F; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 718.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631644
ISBN
9780815631644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.28

Hardcover.
Publisher
Irish Academic Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780716531357
ISBN
9780716531357
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.00
€ 46.19

Paperback. A selection of over 200 photographs of Manchester's Irish community. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; JFSL1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 8. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752488165
ISBN
9780752488165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.38

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