Author: Williams, W. H. A
Title: Tourism, landscape, and the Irish character: British travel writers in pre-famine Ireland / William H.A. Williams
Description: Madison. Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press 2008. 1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Physical description: 267 pages. Contents: Introduction. p. 3. 1. Picturesque Tourism in Ireland. p. 21. 2. Historical and Religious Landscapes. p. 32. 3. Putting Paddy in the Picture. p. 51. 4. British Tourists and Irish Stereotypes. p. 63. 5. Tourism and the Semeiotics of Irish Poverty. p. 80. 6. Irish Poverty and the Irish Character. p. 105. 7. Misreading the Agricultural Landscape. p. 127. 8. Discovering the Moral Landscape. p. 147. 9. Landscape. Tourism. and the Imperial Imagination in Connemara. p. 162. Conclusion. p. 195. Notes. p. 201. Bibliography. p. 233. Index. p. 257. Summary: This title draws from more than 100 accounts by English. Scottish. Welsh. and Anglo-Irish tourists written between 1750 and 1850 to probe the moral judgments British observers made about the Irish countryside and its native inhabitants. Subjects: Travelers' writings. British History and criticism. Travelers' writings. English Ireland History and criticism. Travelers' writings. British History 18th century. Travelers' writings. British History 19th century. Historiography. Travelers' writings. British. Travel Historiography. Ireland Description and travel Historiography. Ireland Civilization 18th century. Ireland Civilization 19th century. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated. ISBN: 0299225208.

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