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Informationen zum Autor S. J. Connolly is Professor of Irish History and Director of Research, Queens University Belfast. Klappentext Published to mark the four hundredth anniversary of the town's foundation, Belfast 400 draws on a wide range of recent research to present a new history of one of the world's most fascinating and most misunderstood cities. The misunderstanding, and the fascination, arise from the same contradictions. Belfast was a significant part of the story of Great Britain's rise to industrial greatness. But it was a city located, not in Great Britain, but in Ireland. It was one of the main theatres in which the conflicts of identity that have created modern Ireland were fought out. Yet both its politics and its industrial character set it wholly apart from other Irish towns. A central part of the history of both societies, it has never fitted neatly into the accepted narrative of either. Against this background Belfast 400 seeks to recapture the true history of Ireland's second city in all its complexity. In doing so it asks many questions. Why did such an apparently unfavourable spot, a waterlogged river mouthPublished to mark the four hundredth anniversary of Belfast's charter, Belfast 400 presents a new history of one of the world's most fascinating and most misunderstood cities.
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Dominic Bryan is Director of the Insitute of Irish Studies at Queen's University, Belfast.
Sean Connolly is Professor of Irish History at Queen's University, Belfast.
Raymond Gillespie teaches history in National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
Philip Macdonald is an archaeologist employed in the Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork at Queen's University, Belfast.
Gillian McIntosh is a social and cultural historian, who has worked as a research fellow at Queen's University since 1997.
Ruairí Ó Baoill works in the Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork, School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queen's University, Belfast.
Sean O'Connell is a Senior Lecturer in Modern History at Queen's University, Belfast.
Stephen Royle is Professor of Island Geography at Queen's University, Belfast.
