num_pages: 242
description: The immortalization of Dublin and Dubliners share a highly romantic and idealized international image compliments of James Joyce and Brendan Behan. A comprehensive urban geography of the city is examined as to how far the stereotypical picture of Dublin life and landscape engage with the real facts of a modern industrial and political capital.
language: English
title: Dublin: The shaping of a capital
titlecomplete: Dublin: The shaping of a capital (World cities series)
publisher: Co-published in the Americas by Halsted Press