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Dublin Voices: An Oral Folk History
Kevin Corrigan Kearns
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For nearly thirty years, Kevin C. Kearns has been collecting the memories and recollections of Dubliners on tape. His previous books have focused on specific themes such as tenements and pubs. Now in this ambitious work, he uses the voices of ordinary Dubliners to construct an oral folk history of the city in the twentieth century. Firemen, engine drivers, bell ringers, gatekeepers, cinema ushers, gravediggers, dockers, factory workers, butchers, hatters, booksellers and many more: all contribute their own words to this extraordinary mosaic of Dublin city life from Victorian to modern times. In 'Dublin Voices', the words of ordinary Dubliners ... Read more
For nearly thirty years, Kevin C. Kearns has been collecting the memories and recollections of Dubliners on tape. His previous books have focused on specific themes such as tenements and pubs. Now in this ambitious work, he uses the voices of ordinary Dubliners to construct an oral folk history of the city in the twentieth century. Firemen, engine drivers, bell ringers, gatekeepers, cinema ushers, gravediggers, dockers, factory workers, butchers, hatters, booksellers and many more: all contribute their own words to this extraordinary mosaic of Dublin city life from Victorian to modern times. In 'Dublin Voices', the words of ordinary Dubliners ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9780717132911
SKU
KMK0014377
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Ref
99-1
About Kevin Corrigan Kearns
Kevin C. Kearns, Ph.D., is a social historian and Professor Emeritus at the University of Northern Colorado. He has made thirty research trips to Ireland, a number of which have been funded by the National Geographic Society. Of his seven books on Dublin, four have been bestsellers, most notably 'Dublin Tenement Life: An Oral History' and 'Dublin Pub Life and ... Read more
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