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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157421003321

Autore

Collins Brenda

Titolo

Industry, Trade and People in Ireland, 1650-1950 [[electronic resource] ] : Essays in honour of W.H. Crawford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Belfast, : Ulster Historical Foundation, 2012

ISBN

1-908448-82-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (496 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

OllerenshawPhilip

ParkhillTrevor

Disciplina

330.9415

Soggetti

Industries - History - Ireland

Business & Economics

Economic History

Ireland Economic conditions Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Industry, Trade and People in Ireland, 1650-1950; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Notes on Contributors; Preface; Maps; W.H. Crawford: an appreciation: PETER ROEBUCK; 1 The world of Andrew Rowan: economy and society in Restoration Antrim: RAYMOND GILLESPIE: RAYMOND GILLESPIE; 2 A question of arithmetic: Arthur Chichester, fourth earl of Donegall, 1695-1757: W.A. MAGUIRE; 3 Armagh town in the eighteenth century: L.A. CLARKSON; 4 The pre-Famine population of Ireland: a reconsideration: WILLIAM MACAFEE

5 Clothes can help: using material culture for support: MAIREAD DUNLEVY6 Taste, chemistry and mechanics: early industrial Lisburn 1760-1825: BRENDA COLLINS; 7 The evolution of the linen trade before industrialisation: why did firms not replace the market?: FRANK GEARY; 8 Pre-Famine Protestant, post-Famine Catholic: do emigrants' letters reflect the stereotypes?: TREVOR PARKHILL; 9 Lever among the landlords: Charles Lever (1806-1872) and the search for a rural order: D. GEORGE BOYCE; 10 The need for legislation to promote tourism: a cause that united all Irish politicians: ALASTAIR J. DURIE

11 Business boycotts and the partition of Ireland: PHILIP OLLERENSHAW12 The Irish flax famine and the Second World War:



JONATHAN HAMILL; 13 Was Ireland nourished? James Deeny and the Irish national nutritional survey, 1946-48: E. MARGARET CRAWFORD; W.H. CRAWFORD: A BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Bill Crawford (W.H. Crawford) had played a key role in the development of Irish economic, social and regional history for over forty years.