Travellers' accounts as source-material for Irish historians / C.J. Woods
2009, 1st Edition. Dublin: Four Courts Press. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Item #336456
Physical description: 248 pages; 24 cm. Subjects: Summary: "This book is intended as an aid to Irish historians on the use of travellers' accounts as source-material. It consists of a discursive introduction, annotations of over 200 accounts from the years 1635 to 1948, a select bibliography and indexes of travellers and places. The annotations consist of the usual bibliographic details, identification of the traveller, the purpose and period of his or her travel, the exact itinerary followed, his or her mode of transport, the traveller's observations, and the persons encountered ... C.J. Woods sees travel narratives as an important primary source of information - on transport, landscapes, the economy, society, religion, etc."--Back cover. Subjects: Travelers' writings. Travelers Ireland History; Sources. Travelers' writings, English Ireland History and criticism. History Research Ireland. Ireland Description and travel. Ireland Description and travel 18th century. Ireland History 1625-1649; Sources. Ireland History 1660-1688; Sources. Ireland History 18th century; Sources. Ireland History 19th century; Sources. Ireland Description and travel; Early works to 1800. Ireland Historiography.
Price: €50.00