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Seamas O Siochain

14th September 2009 · Paperback / softback

Intends to document a selected yet systematic set of views on Ireland as 'Other' during the nineteenth century. This title includes topics...

Paul Darby

24th August 2009 · Paperback / softback

Gaelic sports have been played for over a century in America, and provide a window into the lives and culture of the...

Peter Murray

2nd July 2009 · Paperback / softback

After WWII the Irish state maintained the high industrial tariffs of the 1930s, despite the inefficiency of its protected industries. Such inefficiency...

Norbert Elias

25th April 2009 · Hardback

Contains 28 essays some of which directly express Elias' dissatisfaction with the ahistorical, present-centred trend of modern sociology. This book shows how...

Norbert Elias

5th January 2009 · Hardback

Presents themes that represent major extensions of and reflections upon the ideas first advanced in "The Civilizing Process". This title includes topics...

Norbert Elias

9th October 2008 · Hardback

Argues that in highly constrained, 'civilised' societies, sports - as well as a spectrum of other cultural and leisure activities - are...

Norbert Elias

9th October 2008 · Hardback

Explains differences in power and rank between two very similar groups - both working class - in a local community studied in...

Tom Dunne

15th September 2008 · Hardback

The National University of Ireland has played a key role in Irish life since its foundation in 1908. This illustrated book looks...

Patricia Kennedy

11th June 2008 · Paperback / softback

Explores many of the aspects of ageing in Ireland. This book serves as an appraisal of policy developments and as a point...

Sara O'Sullivan

20th August 2007 · Paperback / softback

Provides analysis of the transformations that have taken place in Ireland during the heyday of the Celtic Tiger. This book maps changes...

John Horgan

3rd July 2007 · Paperback / softback

Offers research and analysis of the Irish media by Ireland's leading experts in the field. This book is intended as a textbook...

Norbert Elias

23rd February 2007 · Hardback

Aims to turn an ancient philosophical question - what is time? - into a researchable theoretical-empirical problem. What we call 'time' is...

Norbert Elias

23rd February 2007 · Hardback

Presents an exposition of the author's sociological theory of the growth of knowledge and the sciences as an aspect of overall human...

Norbert Elias

19th February 2007 · Hardback

The emergence of the naval officer was related to the necessities of naval warfare and the structure of society on land. Originally...

Aidan Moran

12th October 2006 · Paperback / softback

Provides an exploration of the psychology of Irish proverbs. This book examines Irish wisdom about food, drink, weather, money, markets, land, health,...

Aoife Bhreatnach

11th September 2006 · Paperback / softback

Presenting the history of Travellers in twentieth-century Ireland, this work describes the people who travelled Irish roads, showing how and why they...

Aoife Bhreatnach

11th September 2006 · Hardback

Presenting the history of Travellers in twentieth-century Ireland, this work describes the people who travelled Irish roads, showing how and why they...

Professor Bryan Fanning

1st September 2006 · Paperback / softback

Focuses on the implications for Irish social policy of social change including the need to respond to changes resulting from immigration and...