'Grand metropolis' or 'the anus of the world'? The cultural life of eighteenth-century Dublin

Proceedings of the British Academy

Volumn 107, Issue , 2002, Pages 185-210

  Barnard, T C ^a  

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ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; CITY; CITY PLANNING; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH; HISTORY; IRELAND; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ARCHITECTURE AS TOPIC; CITIES; CITY PLANNING; FUND RAISING; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; IRELAND; ORGANIZATIONS; PROTESTANTISM; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

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