Dublin tenement life : an oral history / Kevin C. Kearns.
Material type: TextPublication details: Dublin Gill & Macmillan c1994Description: 237p,[48]p of plates : ill, map,ports ; 25cmISBN:- 9780717121786 (hbk.) :
- 071712178X
- 9780717121786
- 305.569041835
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Non Fiction | The Harden Library, King's Hospital | General | GEN 941.5 DUB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | R04484Y0499 |
Formerly CIP. Includes bibliographical references p226-231. - Includes index.
Based on the oral histories of the survivors of the old Dublin tenements, this book describes a world of hunger, disease, unemployment, heavy drinking, prostitution and gang warfare. The book captures the tenants' social life, their wit and their incredible sense of community solidarity.
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