{"product_id":"padraig-yeates-a-city-in-wartime-2013","title":"Padraig Yeates: A City in Wartime [2012]","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the years 1914 to 1918 Dublin was utterly transformed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was still recovering from the divisive class warfare of the 1913 Lockout when the First World War broke out. Twenty-five thousand men joined the British Army - many of them never to return - and the Easter Rising of 1916 transformed the city into a rebel stronghold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fascinating history looks at how the lives of ordinary Dubliners were affected by the changes wrought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePadraig Yeates examines the motivations of those who fought on both sides in the Easter Rising, why so many working-class Dublin men joined the British Army, how civilians survived the war years, the impact of the war on music halls, child cruelty, prostitution, public health and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDublin as we know it was shaped in these years. This captivating book shines a new light on events and how they helped shape, not alone the city, but modern Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yeates, Padraig","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":55909206458707,"sku":"9780717154616","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/padraig-yeates-a-city-in-wartime-2013","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}