Brady and Simms (both geography, U. College Dublin) are joined by historians Jacinta Prunty (National U. of Ireland-Maynooth) and Edel Sheridan (Hannover U.) to trace the development of the city from its origin as a Viking sea-port, through its flowering as an elegant colonial capital at the end of the 18th century and the poverty and neglect of the 19th century, to its emergence as the capital of a newly independent country. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Acknowledgments 8(1) Introduction 9(6) Origins and Early Growth 15(51) Anngret Simms Introduction Viking-age Dublin: the historical background The physical environment of medieval Dublin The layout of Viking-age Dublin: the longphort at Ath Cliath The Viking stronghold-settlement: Dun Dublinn Hiberno-Norse Dublin Anglo-Norman Dublin: institutional changes The layout of medieval Dublin Extra-mural development in medieval Dublin Religious houses as urban developers Dublin in the sixteenth to mid-seventeenth century Designing the Capital City: Dublin, c. 1660-1810 66(70) Edel Sheridan Introduction The capital city Dublin c. 1660-1760: Corporations are the creatures of the monarchy Street trading and traffic problems in Restoration Dublin New departures from the old town: St Stephens Green and Smithfield Looking to the river: early quay initiatives Developments on private estates, 1729-1810: spacious and regular streets The Gardiner/Mountjoy estate The Fitzwilliam/Pembroke estate The Wide Streets Commission, 1758-1802: order, uniformity and convenience Origins of the Wide Streets Commission The members of the commission A new vision of the city The executive powers of the commissioners Activities and achievements, 1757-1802 Other projects Living in the Capital City: Dublin in the Eighteenth Century 136(23) Edel Sheridan Introduction Social control through urban form Patterns of social topography The eighteenth-century heritage Dublin in the Nineteenth Century: An Introduction 159(7) Improving the Urban Environment: Public Health and Housing in Nineteenth-Century Dublin 166(55) Jacinta Prunty Introduction Geographical extent and administration The housing conditions of the poor, 1800-50 Griffith Valuation, Dublin 1854 Housing types Corporation action on the slum housing question First steps: two schemes by the Dublin Artizans Dwellings Company Block dwellings and tenement refurbishment The Iveagh Trust scheme Condemnation and closing of insanitary dwellings, 1879-82 Public health reports Retrospect Dublin at the Turn of the Century 221(61) Joseph Brady Introduction What the visitor saw The changing civic landscape Changing iconography How the visitor reacted Infrastructural improvements The city that might have been The suburbs The Heart of the City: Commercial Dublin, c. 1890-1915 282(59) Joseph Brady Commercial Dublin Retailing Services Other uses Local retailing Industry The character of Dublin streets Grafton Street and environs Georges Street and environs Westmoreland Street and DOlier Street Sackville Street (OConnell Street) and environs Concluding comments Appendix: A Brief Guide to Maps of Dublin 341(6) Joseph Brady Bibliography 347(22) List of Illustrations 369(4) List of Contributors 373(2) Index 375
