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Mary McAuliffe
"Armchair historians in particular will appreciate McAuliffe's readable yet detailed history supplemented with illustrations and bibliography." Booklist, Starred Review - This book traces the profound transformation of the City of…
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McAuliffe portrays Paris in full flower at the turn of the 20th century, where creative dynamos set their respective circles on fire with their revolutionary visions and discoveries. But all…
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When Paris Sizzled vividly portrays the City of Light during the fabulous 1920s, when art and architecture, music, literature, fashion, entertainment, transportation, and behavior all took dramatically new forms. Through…
A multilayered exploration of Paris–its people and stories. This book weaves a narrative that takes the readers into secret and hidden places, even in the midst of the most well-known…
Paris on the Brink vividly portrays the City of Light during the tumultuous 1930s. The decade was marked by violence at home and the rise of Hitler abroad, even as…
This collection of focused, cohesive and persuasive essays is based on the newest research on gender, sexuality and sexual politics. It offers historical reflections and contemporary analyses of issues related…
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Paris in 1871 was a shambles following military defeat, siege, and a bloody uprising, and the question loomed, could this extraordinary city even survive? By 1900, the Belle Epoque was…
Conflict between England and France was a fact of life for centuries, but few realize that this conflict originated with the Vikings and their settlement of what would become Normandy…
Mary Mcauliffe
Margaret Skinnider enters and exits the history books as the female rebel who was wounded commanding a military action in the 1916 Rising. In a re-evaluation of Skinnider’s long and…
The diaries of Dr Kathleen Lynn, 1916-1955, cover her involvement in the 1916 Rising, the War of Independence, the Civil War, and the formative three and a half decades of…
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In this collection, historians and activists pay tribute to Hackett by bringing to light the little known history of Irish women’s political, militant, and trade union activism.
This book traces the profound transformation of the City of Light during Napoleon III’s Second Empire, as he and Georges Haussmann completely rebuilt Paris in less than two decades. Their…
The annual Lesbian Lives conference has been held in University College Dublin since 1993. The success of the conference held in 2006 entitled ‘Historicising the Lesbian’ inspired this collection of…
Sapphists and Sexologists: Histories of Sexualities Volume II, contributes to the ever evolving debates on lesbian lives and histories.
Offers a collection of multidisciplinary essays from leading academics and activists that interrogates the various waves of Irish feminist activism over the last one hundred years.
Fanny Taylor
Between 1864 and 1867 the author made many trips to Ireland. In this book, she offers an eye-witness account of her visits to the many Irish Catholic religious orders and…
Ms Marie McAuliffe,Mr Khalid Koser
This book presents the findings of a unique migration research program harnessing work of some of the leading international and Australian migration researchers on the challenging and complex topic of…
Magdalen history has long been marginalised. Even as women’s activism and contributions are included in new histories of the revolutionary era, the lives of women regarded as marginal are still…
International Organization for Migration
This report is the ninth in the world migration report series which is designed as a substantive contribution to increasing the understanding of current and strategic migration issues throughout the…
Including a study of activists from various campaigns that surround the progression of Pro-Choice and Pro-Life since 1983, this collection offers a new understanding of sexual and gender politics throughout…
Including a fascinating study of activists from various campaigns that surround the progression of Pro-Choice and Pro-Life since 1983, this collection offers a new understanding of sexual and gender politics…
Together, the essays in Women and the Decade of Commemorations consider the impact of women’s unseen, unsung work, which has been critically important in shaping Ireland, a country that continues…
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