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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherIrish Academic Press
ISBN-100716527006
ISBN-139780716527008
eBay Product ID (ePID)551640
Product Key Features
Number of Pages88 Pages
Publication NameVictorian Bray : a Town Adapts to Changing Times
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEurope / Ireland, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year1998
TypeTextbook
AuthorLiam Clare
Subject AreaSocial Science, History
SeriesMaynooth Studies in Irish Local History Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight4.3 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN99-220301
Dewey Edition21
Series Volume Number18
Dewey Decimal351.4/1838
SynopsisThis book portrays Victorian Bray as a town struggling to cope with a rapidly expanding population, a great influx of tourists, the impact of new technologies and the influence of the evolving Victorian value system. Additionally, Clare discusses the work of the local authority and examines in detail the way in which Public Health was handled by the Town Commissioners., In the MAYNOOTH STUDIES IN LOCAL HISTORY series. Studies the constraints within which the local administration operated and discusses the manner in which the local authority provided for the town's needs. Also explores the way public health was handled by the Town commissioners