Mike Cronin, Daryl Adair

Gebundenes Buch

The Wearing of the Green

A History of St Patrick's Day

Beschreibung

"An inventive, delightful, and percipient book that uses Ireland's national feast day as a means to examine the texture and drama of the history of the Irish wherever they might find themselves."--Thomas Keneally, author of "The Great Shame" and "Schindler's List."

Autor

Mike Cronin graduated with a Ph.D. in history from Oxford University in 1994. He is currently Accademic Director for Centre of Irish Programmes at Boston College, Dublin. Cronin has a particular interest in the study of twentieth-century Irish history, as well as the politics of sport in Irish history. He is author of The Blueshirts and Irish Politics (1997), Sport and Nationalism in Ireland (1999) and A History of Ireland (2001). Daryl Adair graduated with a Ph.D. in history from the Flinders University of South Australia in 1995. He is currently Lecturer in Sports Humanities in the Centre for Sports Studies, University of Canberra, Australia. Adair has a background in Australian history, with a keen interest in public spectacles. He is author of Sport in Australian History (1997, with Wray Vamplew), and editor of Sport Tourism (2002, with Brent Ritchie).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 716g
• ISBN-13: 9780415180047
• ISBN-10: 041518004X
• Artikelnr.: 22422804

Rezensionen

'An inventive, delightful, and percipient book which uses the national feast day as a means to examine the texture and drama of the history of the Irish wherever they might find themselves.' - Thomas Keneally

'The most complete history we are ever likely to have of [St Patrick's Day] ... A work of popular history that is readable, entertaining, challenging, provocative, well-written and thoroughly researched.' - Joseph O'Connor

'A fascinating exploration of what has become one of the world's most public and internationally celebrated festivals.' - Visitor