Ordinary Lives, Death, and Social Class: Dublin City Coroner's Court, 1876-1902
- ISBN-10
- 0198865783
- ISBN-13
- 9780198865780
- Category
- Coroners
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2022-06-23
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Ciara Breathnach
Description
Ordinary Lives, Death, and Social Class focuses on the evolution of the Dublin City Coroner's Court in the late nineteenth century, using a wealth of inquest data to understand the impact of urban living from lifecycle and class perspectives, revealing histories from both above and below.
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