Ruth McManus

Joseph Brady

During the 20th century, Dublin Corporation transformed the urban landscape of Dublin. Its many housing developments sought to end a housing and public health crisis of immense proportions, the legacy of the nineteenth century. Its early engagement with the housing crisis was tentative and involved mostly small inner city schemes, many of which are unknown to present-day Dubliners. Yet, these schemes were built well and most continue to be lived in and appreciated. This book is a commemoration and an analysis of the early schemes from the 1880s to the late 1920s. These are examined in some detail and the book is comprehensively illustrated with maps, photographs and block plans. Housing policy evolved during this time and the reader will learn that the issues faced and the solutions found remain relevant to the present day. The reader will also meet many of the significant people who shaped the city; people such as Charles Cameron, H.T. O'Rourke and P.C. Cowan. The text ends with a detailed account of Marino and Drumcondra. These schemes, especially the former, represent the culmination of policy development and were seen as models for the future.

Dublin Corporation's First Housing Schemes, 1880-1925

Building Healthy Homes

Steve Matthewman

Gregor McLennan

Chris Brickell

Paul Spoonley

A brand new edition of the bestselling sociology textbook, written by New Zealand's leading sociologists for New Zealand students. To stores 1 February 2019 for first semester adoptions. This is a 4th edition of New Zealand's leading sociology textbook. The book introduces sociological concepts and methods before investigating key areas of sociology (class, race, gender, family life, health, death, work, the city, populations, technology, religion, leisure and crime) through the New Zealand experience. The book includes many useful pedagogical features:•key word definitions and push text in the margins•key themes highlighted•study questions•further reading•engaging full colour photography•case studies written by working sociologists This 4th edition has been revised and rewritten throughout by a renewed author team. Key changes include:•data, examples and case studies completely updated•chapters re-ordered and a new chapter on death added to reflect requests from departments using the book as a teaching text•more emphasis on tikanga and kaupapa Maori•refreshed photograph selection with a local focus Exploring Society is an engaging, comprehensive and up to date introduction for New Zealand sociology students

Sociology for New Zealand Students, 4th Edition

Exploring Society

Sally Raudon

Jon Cornwall

Death is one of the most challenging aspects of living, demanding inventive and meaningful responses. This insightful collection demonstrates cultural commitment to improving the conditions of the dying and dead and also documents the varied, creative ways that we, the living, already respond to death. Collectively, the 16 essays are an interrogation of the commonly held assumption that death is somehow hidden, denied, or done badly as standard practice. The underpinning themes and narratives in this anthology make a significant contribution to death studies debates and conversations by offering examples of post-colonial, multi-cultural practices that span professional and every-day points of intersection. Death studies can be a challenging and complex field; nevertheless each contributor here highlights specific ways in which assumptions and beliefs about contemporary death practices can be unpicked, nuanced and challenged.

Twenty-first Century Dying, Death, Disposal and Memorialisation in the Antipodes

Death Down Under

Ruth McManus

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