London Voices, London Lives : Tales from a Working Capital
Peter. Hall
Bok Engelsk 2007 · Electronic books.
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Utgitt | Bristol : : The Policy Press, , 2007.
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Omfang | 1 online resource (513 p.)
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Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; London Voices London Lives; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part One: London Places, London People; 1. Voices from the London Streets; Part Two: London Voices; 2. New Melting Pot; 3. Pressured Proletarian Island; 4. Transit Centre; 5. Airport City; 6. Garden Suburb Challenged; 7. Arcadia under Shadow; 8. Edge Suburb; Part Three: London Lives; 9. Making Ends Meet; 10. Finding a Place; 11. Getting There; 12. Friends and Neighbours; 13. Fearing Crime, Avoiding Crime; 14. Melting the Pot; Part Four: London Futures; 15. Changing the World; 16. Bringing it Together; References. - List of RespondentsIndex. - London Voices, London Lives addresses a question of great current importance for urban policy: what kind of a place is London in the early 21st century, and how does it differ significantly - economically, socially, culturally, in quality of life - from other parts of urban Britain? It addresses these questions in a unique way: over one hundred ordinary Londoners, interviewed in their homes in eight areas across London and the surrounding region, provide their own answers in their own voices.
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Emner | Social classes.
Social Conditions Social Sciences Sociology & Social History Storbritannia velferd velferdsstaten arbeid klasse arbeiderklasse fattigdom naboskap bolig kriminalitet |
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ISBN | 9781861349835. - 9781861349842
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