{"product_id":"ordinary-lives-death-and-social-breathnach-9780198865780","title":"Ordinary Lives, Death, and Social Class: Dublin City Coroner's Court, 1876-1902","description":"\u003cem\u003eOrdinary Lives, Death, and Social Class\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on the evolution of the Dublin City Coroner's Court and on Dr Louis A. Bryne's first two years in office. Wrapping itself around the 1901 census, the study uses gender, power, and blame as analytical frameworks to examine what inquests can tell us about the impact of urban living from lifecycle and class perspectives. Coroners' inquests are a combination of eyewitness testimony, expert medico-legal language, detailed minutiae of people, places, and occupational identities pinned to a moment in time. Thus they have a simultaneous capacity to reveal histories from both above and below. Rich in geographical, socio-economic, cultural, class, and medical detail, these records collated in a liminal setting about the hour of death bear incredible witness to what has often been termed 'ordinary lives'. The subjects of Dr Byrne's court were among the poorest in Ireland and, apart from common medical causes problems linked to lower socio-economic groups, this volume covers preventable cases of workplace accidents, neglect, domestic abuse, and homicide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ciara Breathnach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198865783\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198865780\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.47h x 6.40w x 0.85d","brand":"Ciara Breathnach","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072606728447,"sku":"9780198865780","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_93183361-87c5-4643-aaa7-1fbcdfbc6c12.jpg?v=1685442979","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ordinary-lives-death-and-social-breathnach-9780198865780","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}