Twaynes United States Authors Series presents concise critical introductions to great writers and their works.
Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an authors work, each study takes account of major literary trends and important scholarly contributions and provides new critical insights with an original point of view. An Authors Series volumeaddresses readers ranging from advanced high school students to university professors. The book suggests to the informed reader new ways of considering a writers work. A reader new to the work under examination will, after reading theAuthors Series, be compelled to turn to the originals, bringing to the reading a basic knowledge and fresh critical perspectives.
Each volume features: 
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<li> A critical, interpretive study and explication of the authors works </li>
<li> A brief biography of the author </li>
<li> An accessible chronology outlining the life, work, and relevant historical background of the author </li>
<li> Aids for further study -- complete notes and references, a selected annotated bibliography and an index </li>
<li> A readable style presented in a manageable length</li>
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H. L. Mencken Revisited (United States Authors Series)

Williams, William H. A.

Teen & Young Adult

Twayne Publishers

Creating Irish Tourism: The First Century, 1750-1850 (Anthem Studies in Travel)

Based on the accounts of British and Anglo-Irish travelers, ‘Creating Irish Tourism’ charts the development of tourism in Ireland from its origins in the mid-eighteenth century to the country's emergence as a major European tourist destination a century later. The work shows how the Irish tourist experience evolved out of the interactions among travel writers, landlords, and visitors with the peasants who, as guides, jarvies, venders, porters and beggars, were as much a part of Irish tourism as the scenery itself.

Business & Money

Industries

Anthem Press

Ireland’s Great Famine, Britain’s Great Failure

This book provides readers with a unique, in-depth understanding of the background to the Irish Famine and a detailed account of the crisis, as well as the immediate and long-term results of the catastrophe. In addition to exploring the ecological and agriculture factors, this work shows how cultural, economic and political influences shaped British attitudes and policies. When the entire potato crop failed in the fall of 1846, what began as an ecological disaster quickly became a political one. Hampered by long-standing prejudice and Anglo-Irish tensions, the British government’s various attempts to deal with the humanitarian crisis were muddled by competing economic and social goals. Among these was the idea that the Famine represented an “opportunity” to purge Ireland of fragmented land holding and potato dependency by encouraging an English-type market-driven agriculture. Changes did occur, but the government’s imperial dreams eventually ran up against Irish realities.

History

Europe

First Hill Books

Based on the accounts of British and Anglo-Irish travelers, ‘Creating Irish Tourism’ charts the development of tourism in Ireland from its origins in the mid-eighteenth century to the country's emergence as a major European tourist destination a century later. The work shows how the Irish tourist experience evolved out of the interactions among travel writers, landlords, and visitors with the peasants who, as guides, jarvies, venders, porters and beggars, were as much a part of Irish tourism as the scenery itself.

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Books by Williams, William H. A.

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H. L. Mencken Revisited (United States Authors Series)

Creating Irish Tourism: The First Century, 1750-1850 (Anthem Studies in Travel)

Ireland’s Great Famine, Britain’s Great Failure

Ireland’s Great Famine, Britain’s Great Failure

Creating Irish Tourism: The First Century, 1750-1850 (Anthem Studies in Travel)