Portrait of an industrial city : "clanging Belfast", 1750-1914 / / Stephen A. Royle

• Autore: Royle Stephen A (Stephen Arthur)
• Pubblicazione: Belfast : , : Ulster Historical Foundation, , [2011]; ©2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (275 p.)
• Disciplina: 941.6/7081
• Soggetto geografico: Belfast (Northern Ireland) History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-153) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Portrait of an Industrial City; Preface: 'Clanging Belfast'; 1 'The town broke loose': growth; 2 'A permanent and profitable channel of industrial enterprise'; 3 A 'saturnalia of bigotry and ruffianism': street life and politics; 4 'The inhabitants of this town are industrious and careful. But methinks not so sociable as in other places'; Postscript: Belfast in 1914: 'really a wonder'?; Selected Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Clanging: Belfast in its industrial pomp must have been noisy: shipyards manipulating sheets of metal, the constant riveting being only one source of racket; the endless clatter from linen mills, the screeching of trams on unyielding rails, sirens and hooters marking time at the factories. There were steam trains and steam engines in addition to horses' hooves beating on the streets. The rumbustious, often riotous, eternally spirited Belfast people packed into the terraced houses as well as the alleys would have added their din, especially around the drinking dens. The noise is gone, one as
• Titolo autorizzato: Portrait of an industrial city
• ISBN: 1-908448-14-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910157420003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II