Skip to content
History Ireland
  • Login
  • About History Ireland
  • Hedge Schools
  • Subscribe
  • Archive
    • Volume 1
    • Volume 2
    • Volume 3
    • Volume 4
    • Volume 5
    • Volume 6
    • Volume 7
    • Volume 8
    • Volume 9
    • Volume 10
    • Volume 11
    • Volume 12
    • Volume 13
    • Volume 14
    • Volume 15
    • Volume 16
    • Volume 17
    • Volume 18
    • Volume 19
    • Volume 20
    • Volume 21
    • Volume 22
    • Volume 23
    • Volume 24
    • Volume 25
    • Volume 26
    • Volume 27
    • Volume 28
    • Volume 29
    • Volume 30
    • Volume 31
    • Volume 32
    • Volume 33
  • Advertising
  • Contact Us

Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape, F.H.A. Aalen, Kevin Whelan and Matthew Stout (eds). (Cork University Press, £35) ISBN 1-85918-095-7

Among the various terms applied to works of reference, ‘atlas’ has now become the most user-friendly, more companionable than ‘companion’ and certainly less repellent than ‘dictionary’, ‘directory’ or ‘encyclopaedia’. To match its changing semantic context, the typical modern atlas has fewer and simpler maps than its mid-century predecessors; it also has more non-cartographic illustrations, especially ... Read more

Subscribe to History Ireland in print or digital here


View Subscription Options

Already a subscriber? Sign in

Login
Categories 18th-19th Century Social Perspectives, 18th–19th - Century History, 20th Century Social Perspectives, 20th-century / Contemporary History, Book Reviews, Early Modern History (1500–1700), Early Modern History Social Perspectives, Issue 4 (Winter 1997), Medieval History (pre-1500), Medieval Social Perspectives, Pre-Norman History, Pre-Norman Social Perspectives, Reviews, Volume 5
Visual Politics: the Representation of Ireland 1750-1930, Fintan Cullen. (Cork University Press) ISBN 185918 023 X
Reviewers

Contact us | Guidelines | Subscriptions | Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Company Registration details