Reinventing Modern Dublin: Streetscape, Iconography and the Politics of Identity: Streetscape, Iconography and the Politics of Identity

by Yvonne Whelan

Yvonne Whelan takes the reader from the contested iconography of Dublin as it evolved in the years before Independence through to the contemporary plans for the millennium spire on O'Connell Street, showing how a shift has taken place from an intensely political symbolic landscape to one that is increasingly apolitical, in tune with the changing nature of Irish politics, culture and society at the turn of the 21st century. In her comprehensive discussion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 190062186X
• ISBN13: 9781900621861
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: University College Dublin Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.4"