Autor: Mary McAuliffe

A humiliating military defeat by Bismarcks Germany, a brutal siege, and a bloody uprising Paris in 1871 was a shambles, and the question loomed, Could this extraordinary city even survive? With the …

Conflict between England and France was a fact of life for centuries, but few realize that its origins date from the time of the Vikings, when a Norse chieftain named Rollo established himself and …

Mary Mc Auliffe’s Dawn of the Belle Epoque took the reader from the multiple disasters of 18701871 through the extraordinary re-emergence of Paris as the cultural center of the Western world. Now, in …

When Paris Sizzled vividly portrays the City of Light during the fabulous 1920s, les Annees folles, when Parisians emerged from the horrors of war to find that a new world greeted themone that …

Paris on the Brink vividly portrays the City of Light during the tumultuous 1930s, from the Wall Street Crash of 1929 to war and German Occupation. This was a dangerous and turbulent decade, during …

This innovative and compelling collection tells the powerful story of gender history in Ireland and how the State treated its citizens on the basis on gender. It includes insightful questions that …

The annual Lesbian Lives conference has been held in University College Dublin since 1993. The success of the conference held in 2006 entitled ‘Historicising the Lesbian’ inspired this collection of …

Sapphists and Sexologists: Histories of Sexualities Volume II, contributes to the ever evolving debates on lesbian lives and histories. This volume includes a mixture of engaging essays from …

Armchair historians in particular will appreciate Mc Auliffe’s readable yet detailed history supplemented with illustrations and bibliography. Booklist, Starred Review Acclaimed historian Mary Mc …

When women are erased from history, what are we left with? Between 1912 and 1922, Ireland experienced sweeping social and political change, including the Easter Rising, World War I, the Irish Civil …

This collection raises incisive questions about the links between the postcolonial carceral system, which thrived in Ireland after 1922, and larger questions of gender, sexuality, identity, class, …

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