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The Wearing of the Green (Cronin, Mike / Adair, Daryl)
The Wearing of the Green
Untertitel A History of St Patrick's Day
Autor Cronin, Mike / Adair, Daryl
Verlag Taylor and Francis
Co-Verlag Routledge (Imprint/Brand)
Sprache Englisch
Einband Fester Einband
Erscheinungsjahr 2001
Seiten 358 S.
Artikelnummer 9671952
ISBN 978-0-415-18004-7
Sonstiges General
CHF 269.00
Zusammenfassung
This lively and ambitious book - the first to chronicle the full history of St. Patrick's Day, from its medieval origins to the modern day - explores the shared heritage of the Irish through the development of this unique national holiday. 'An inventive, delightful, and percipient book which uses the national feast day as a means to examine the texture and drama of the history of the Irish wherever they might find themselves.'- Thomas Keneally'The most complete history we are ever likely to have of [St Patrick's Day] ...A work of popular history that is readable, entertaining, challenging, provocative, well-written and thoroughly researched.'- Joseph O'Connor'A fascinating exploration of what has become one of the world's most public and internationally celebrated festivals.'- Visitor

Mike Cronin graduated with a Ph.D. in history from Oxford University in 1994. He is currently Accademic Director for Centre of Irish Programmes at Boston College, Dublin. Cronin has a particular interest in the study of twentieth-century Irish history, as well as the politics of sport in Irish history. He is author of The Blueshirts and Irish Politics (1997), Sport and Nationalism in Ireland (1999) and A History of Ireland (2001).
Daryl Adair graduated with a Ph.D. in history from the Flinders University of South Australia in 1995. He is currently Lecturer in Sports Humanities in the Centre for Sports Studies, University of Canberra, Australia. Adair has a background in Australian history, with a keen interest in public spectacles. He is author of Sport in Australian History (1997, with Wray Vamplew), and editor of Sport Tourism (2002, with Brent Ritchie).