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Luxury and austerity / edited by Jacqueline Hill and Colm Lennon.

By: (23rd : Irish Conference of Historians (23rd : 1997 : St. Patrick's college).
Contributor(s): Hill, Jacqueline R | Lennon, Colm.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Historical studies (Irish Conference of Historians): 21.Publisher: Dublin : University College, 1999Description: xiii, 242 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.ISBN: 1900621223.Subject(s): Poverty -- z Ireland -- Congresses | Wealth -- Ireland -- Congresses | Ireland -- History -- Congresses | Ireland -- Economic conditions -- Congresses | Ireland -- Social conditions -- CongressesDDC classification: 941.5

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This collection of essays begins with an examination of the changing theories of luxury and austerity since classical times and other papers apply the theme to the history of Ireland and Britain. These papers were read before the 23rd Irish Conference of Historians in Maynooth, 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.