London voices, London lives : : Tales from a working capital / / Peter Hall.
This book is a unique collection: ordinary Londoners, in their own voices, tell about ordinary London lives. Interviews with over a hundred people in eight localities, from inner-city Battersea, to suburban Heston, to Greenhithe on the London fringe, have been edited with a linking commentary by Pro...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2007] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (512 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- London Places, London People
- Voices from the London Streets
- London Voices
- New Melting Pot: Battersea
- Pressured Proletarian Island: Bermondsey
- Transit Centre: Upton Park
- Airport City: Heston
- Garden Suburb Challenged: Eltham
- Arcadia under Shadow: Gants Hill
- Edge Suburb: Greenhithe
- London Lives
- Making Ends Meet
- Finding a Place
- Getting There
- Friends and Neighbours
- Fearing Crime, Avoiding Crime
- Melting the Pot
- London Futures
- Changing the World
- Bringing it Together
- References
- List of Respondents
- Index