{"product_id":"atlantic-isles-travel-and-identity-in-the-british-and-irish-west-1880-1940-paperback","title":"Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880-1940 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGareth Roddy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom remote islands to sunken lands, Gareth Roddy traces how travel writing and tourism shaped the cultural and political imagination of the British and Irish West between 1880 and 1940.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The west has long gripped the imagination. In \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Isles\u003c\/i\u003e, Gareth Roddy examines the cultural and political prominence of the \"westward gaze,\" which flourished in late-nineteenth century Britain and Ireland. From Cornish cliffs and Welsh mountains to Hebridean islands and the Connemara highlands, the west was an imagined geography that transcended the national territories of these isles. In the west, geologists uncovered ancient layers of rock, ethnologists described older racial \"types,\" philologists looked for the survival of Celtic languages, and antiquarians and archaeologists marveled at megalithic monuments at the Atlantic coastline. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book draws on wide-ranging contemporary sources, including works of geology, philology, ethnology, history, geography, archaeology, folklore, literature, sociology, and an extensive collection of travel writing that popularized western landscapes among readers and tourists who explored the increasingly accessible west by road, rail, and steamer. \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Isles\u003c\/i\u003e reveals that western landscapes were especially powerful spaces of modern enchantment, where stories of sunken lands and mythical islands produced a sense of mystery and wonder in a supposedly disenchanted world. The significance of western landscapes for national identities is well known, but this book demonstrates that the west was also central to debates about Britishness and to the bold attempt to construct a narrative of multinational union that claimed deep historical roots at a time when the subject of Home Rule periodically dominated political debate.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGareth Roddy\u003c\/b\u003e is a lecturer in Modern British and Irish History in the Department of Humanities at Northumbria University. Prior to this, he carried out a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship in 2020-23 and taught at the University of Sheffield, where he completed his doctoral thesis in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45775714877637,"sku":"9781915249210","price":62.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/7qFP8IL5xg9781915249210.webp?v=1770538855","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/atlantic-isles-travel-and-identity-in-the-british-and-irish-west-1880-1940-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}