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Building the Irish Courthouse and Prison: A political history, 1750-1850

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Description for Building the Irish Courthouse and Prison: A political history, 1750-1850 Hardcover.
This book is the first national history of the building of some of Ireland's most important historic public buildings. Focusing on the former assize courthouses and county gaols, it tells a political history of how they were built, who paid for them, and the effects they had on urban development in Ireland. Using extensive archival sources, it delves in unprecedented detail into the politics and personalities of county grand jurors, Protestant landed society, government prison inspectors, charities, architects, and engineers, who together oversaw a wave of courthouse and prison construction in Ireland in an era of turbulent domestic and international ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Condition
New
Number of Pages
652
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781782053699
SKU
9781782053699
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About Richard Butler
Richard Butler is a Lecturer in the Historic Built Environment, Centre for Urban History, University of Leicester.

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