AMH-2097 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ethnic Enclave, Grape, Transubstantiation
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Irish, factors of sucess money, small numbers, disperse. Ethnic enclave people of ethnicity stay in the same area. Want to be near people who are like them, or they get stuck there for some reason. Wasps don"t want ethnic enclaves because they"re not assimilating. 5 points doesn"t exist anymore, but at the time it was the worst part of town. Within 5 miles of where boats drop them off. Place outside the city limits where there is cheap housing. Lien too rundown housing, living on the streets because its free (so they can send money back). Tenements lowest quality housing possible, packed as many people in as possible. 10 people live in tenements in shifts, people work in factories so they work during the day and don"t live there, and then work during the night and etc. 3 families usually live in a tenement together. 80% of all irish infants die if they are born in a tenement.
