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The wearing of the green : a history of St. Patrick's Day
- Author
- Cronin, Mike.
- Title
- The wearing of the green : a history of St. Patrick's Day / Mike Cronin and Daryl Adair.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
- Description
- xxix, 328 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- URL
- <Table of contents> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip064/2005034860.html
- Other contributors
- Adair, Daryl.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 300-316) and index.
- Contents
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- Introduction
- The evolution of St. Patrick's Day
- Famine and exodus
- Visualizing Ireland : nationalism and diaspora
- Contesting Ireland : republicanism and militarism
- Proclaiming Ireland : independence and empire
- Modern times, troubled times
- Reinventing St. Patrick's Day
- Conclusion.
- Subject headings
- Saint Patrick's Day--History.
- ISBN
- 0415359120 (pbk. : alk. paper)