{"product_id":"9780717159062","title":"Dublin Tenement Life: An Oral History of the Dublin Slums","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor nearly 150 years, the wretched, squalid tenements of Dublin were widely judged to be the worst slums in all of Europe. By the 1930s, 6,400 tenements were occupied by almost 112,000 tenants. Some districts had up to 800 people to the acre, up to 100 occupants in one building, and twenty family members crammed into a single tiny room. It was a hard world of hunger, disease, high mortality, unemployment, heavy drinking, prostitution and gang warfare. But despite their hardship, the tenement poor enjoyed an incredibly closely knit community life in which they found great security and indeed, happiness. As one policeman recalls from over half a century ago, they were ‘extraordinarily happy for people who were so savagely poor’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents of \u003ci\u003eDublin Tenement Life\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHistory and Evolution of the Tenement Slum Problem\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Physical Deterioration\u003cbr\u003e Profiteering Landlords and Powerless Tenants\u003cbr\u003e Overcrowding, Sanitation, and Illness\u003cbr\u003e Social Stigmas and Stereotypes\u003cbr\u003e The Press and Public Enlightenment\u003cbr\u003e Housing Reform and Slum Clearance\u003cbr\u003e Oral History and Tenement Folklore\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSocial Life in the Tenement Communities\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Community Spirit and Gregarious Nature\u003cbr\u003e The Home Setting\u003cbr\u003e Economic Struggle\u003cbr\u003e Securing Food and Clothing\u003cbr\u003e Health, Sickness, and Treatments\u003cbr\u003e Entertainment and Street Life\u003cbr\u003e Religion and Morals\u003cbr\u003eCourting, Marriage, and Childbirth\u003cbr\u003e The Role of Men, Mothers, and Grannies\u003cbr\u003e Drinking, Gambling, Prostitution, and Animal Gangs\u003cbr\u003e Death, Superstitions, and Wakes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOral Testimony: The Monto and Dockland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Maggie Murray—Age 80\u003cbr\u003e Timmy “Duckegg” Kirwan—Age 72\u003cbr\u003e Alice Caulfield—Age 66\u003cbr\u003e Chrissie Hawkins—Age 83\u003cbr\u003e Johnny Campbell—Age 68\u003cbr\u003e Mary Waldron—Age 80\u003cbr\u003e Billy Dunleavy—Age 86\u003cbr\u003e Nellie Cassidy—Age 78\u003cbr\u003e Elizabeth “Bluebell” Murphy—Age 75\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOral Testimony: The Liberties\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Nancy Cullen—Age 71\u003cbr\u003e Paddy Mooney—Age 72\u003cbr\u003e Harry Mushatt—Age 83\u003cbr\u003e Margaret Byrne—Age 72\u003cbr\u003e John-Joe Kennedy—Age 75\u003cbr\u003e Frank Lawlor—Age 66\u003cbr\u003e Mary O’Neill—Age 84\u003cbr\u003e John O’Dwyer—Age 70\u003cbr\u003e Tommy Maher—Age 81\u003cbr\u003e Lily Foy—Age 60\u003cbr\u003e Senan Finucane—Age 73\u003cbr\u003e Christy Murray—Age 86\u003cbr\u003e Bridie Chambers—Age 66\u003cbr\u003e John Gallagher—Age 60\u003cbr\u003e Mickey Guy—Age 72\u003cbr\u003e Margaret Coyne—Age 72\u003cbr\u003e Patrick O’Leary—Age 70\u003cbr\u003e Jimmy Owens—Age 68\u003cbr\u003e Elizabeth “Lil” Collins—Age 91\u003cbr\u003e Stephen Mooney—Age 65\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOral Testimony: The Northside\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Paddy Casey—Age 65\u003cbr\u003e Chrissie O’Hare—Age 76\u003cbr\u003e John V. Morgan—Age 70\u003cbr\u003e Peggy Pigott—Age 65\u003cbr\u003e Mary Chaney—Age 84\u003cbr\u003e Father Michael Reidy—Age 76\u003cbr\u003e Ellen Preston—Age 65\u003cbr\u003e Thomas Lyng—Age 70\u003cbr\u003e Una Shaw—Age 61\u003cbr\u003e Con Foley—Age 75\u003cbr\u003e Margaret Byrne—Age 81\u003cbr\u003e Jimmy McLoughlin—Age 50\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFour Tenement Tales\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mary Doolan of Francis Street\u003cbr\u003e Noel Hughes of North King Street\u003cbr\u003e Mary Corbally of Corporation Street\u003cbr\u003e May Hanaphy of Golden Lane\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Gill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47117412892912,"sku":"9780717159062","price":5.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780717159062_p0.jpg?v=1763624763","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780717159062","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}