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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Eighteenth-century Dublin"”.
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The Dublin Library Society and its founding members: associational activity and cultural patriotism in late-eighteenth-century Dublin.
In late-eighteenth-century Dublin, options were limited for an expanding reading public who wished to consult quality printed works. During this period of the Anglican Ascendancy, membership to institutional libraries or participation in associational activities was largely limited to elites and …
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Land surveying in eighteenth and early nineteenth-century Dublin
… documents the profession of land surveying in Dublin, Ireland, during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries until 1810. It aims to present the many aspects of land surveying in Dublin during this period. As such, it is the history of a skilled, varied and complex craft practiced by both …
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The evolution of the medical professions in eighteenth-century Ireland: An institutional perspective
Ireland, in the eighteenth century, followed the classic tripartite division of regular medical practitioners into physicians, surgeons and apothecaries. At the beginning of the century surgeons and apothecaries were regarded as mere tradesmen, but by the end of the century both were regarded as …
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On evildoers: A Foucaultian analysis of the discursive structuring of contemporary terrorism
… is routinely portrayed in the twenty first century as an evil perpetrated by Arab/Muslim barbarians—Evildoers—waging a holy war against the Western civilisation. This study challenges not just this present understanding of terrorism, but the very existence of a ding an sich of terrorism. …