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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154984003321

Titolo

Infrastructure and the architectures of modernity in Ireland 1916-2016 / / edited by Gary A. Boyd and John McLaughlin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-92749-3

1-138-57236-5

1-315-25225-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations, maps

Altri autori (Persone)

BoydGary A

McLaughlinJohn

Disciplina

720.9415

Soggetti

Architecture and society - Ireland - History - 20th century

Architecture and society - Ireland - History - 21st century

Infrastructure (Economics) - Ireland - History - 20th century

Infrastructure (Economics) - Ireland - History - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2015 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Negation : the General Post Office and a collapsing of time / Gary A. Boyd -- 2. Power : are you getting the light? Ardnacrusha, the rural electrification scheme and illuminating Ireland's peripheries / Gareth Doherty -- 3. Health : sanatoria and the search for an Irish Paimio / Ellen Rowley -- 4. Bus transportation - Córas Iompair Éireann  and Michael Scott / Sarah Lappin and Una Walker -- 5. Media : America at home - the RTÉ television centre / Kevin Donovan -- 6. Aviation : into the West - Rineanna and the jumbo jet / Anna Ryan -- 7. Education : 'my factor has got a tractor shed like this' - the Doyles, the concrete frame and the democratisation of education / Aoibheann í Mhearáin -- 8. Telecommunications : infrastructural adhocism / Brian Ward -- 9. Roads : 'we must have motorways'. Ireland, the highway and modernity / Denis Linehan -- 10. Precipitation : clouds, chips and the city / John McLaughlin.