gogo
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

A history of the media in Ireland / by Christopher Morash.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.Description: 280 p. : illISBN:
  • 9780521843928 (hbk.) :
  • 9780521843928 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.2309417 MOR
LOC classification:
  • P92
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Ireland and the world. 1. Stumpeworne letters: 1551-1660; Media event 1: bloudy newes from Ireland 23 October, 1641 -- 2. Public spirits: 1660-1800; Media event 2: postroads to liberty January 22, 1793 -- 3. Acts of union: 1800-1890; Media event 3: Parnellism and crime: April 18, 1887 -- 4. Casual miracles: 1890-1920; Media event 4: broadcasting the rising: April 24, 1916 -- 5. Listening in: 1921-1960; Media event 5: helpless before the camera\'s eye 5 October, 1968 -- 6. Windows on the world: 1961-1990; Media event 6: with satellite television you can go anywhere 13 July, 1985 -- 7. Since 1990: digitised -- Conclusion: imagining a mediated Ireland.
Summary: Christopher Morash traces the history of forms of communication in Ireland over the past four centuries. He discusses the impact of the telegraph, telephone, phonograph, cinema, and radio.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 302.2309417 MOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 50 Available 209803

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Ireland and the world. 1. Stumpeworne letters: 1551-1660; Media event 1: bloudy newes from Ireland 23 October, 1641 -- 2. Public spirits: 1660-1800; Media event 2: postroads to liberty January 22, 1793 -- 3. Acts of union: 1800-1890; Media event 3: Parnellism and crime: April 18, 1887 -- 4. Casual miracles: 1890-1920; Media event 4: broadcasting the rising: April 24, 1916 -- 5. Listening in: 1921-1960; Media event 5: helpless before the camera\'s eye 5 October, 1968 -- 6. Windows on the world: 1961-1990; Media event 6: with satellite television you can go anywhere 13 July, 1985 -- 7. Since 1990: digitised -- Conclusion: imagining a mediated Ireland.

Christopher Morash traces the history of forms of communication in Ireland over the past four centuries. He discusses the impact of the telegraph, telephone, phonograph, cinema, and radio.

Powered by Koha