Author

Publication

2014 - Four Courts Press

Language

English

Word Count

124,000 words, Guess

Page Count

496 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9781846825200
  • Open LibraryOL29199569M

Classifications

  • LCCDA995.D75
  • LCCDA995.D75 B73 2014

Description

In the 1930s and 1940s, Dublin took on the characteristics of today's city. Decisions taken about the location of large-scale social housing programmes, a lack of reform of urban governance and mixed messages in relation to urban planning combined to produce the social patterns of the city that are recognizable today. The city began to deal with the motor car as a friend to be accommodated with some interesting and long-term results. These and other issues are explored in this latest volume in the 'Making of Dublin' series. The volume aims to convey a sense of what it was like to live in and to use the city during these two decades. Particular attention is devoted to looking at the impact of the Emergency and on how the city functioned, particularly as a shopping centre and tourism centre.

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