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Publisher Summary 1
Hall (planning and regeneration, University College London, UK) provides a snapshot of London through excerpts from interviews with approximately 100 people from eight localities in the city. Background on social and economic aspects is woven with interview excerpts in the first section, which is divided by area: Battersea, Bermondsey, Upton Park, Heston, Eltham, Gants Hill, and Greenhithe. This is followed by a focus on themes in the interviewees' lives, such as economic struggle, finding the right neighborhood, transportation, social relationships, crime, and diversity, and how they feel about politics and the future of the city. The book uses interviews not included in a previous volume published by Hall and other authors: Working Capital: Life and Labour in Contemporary London from 2002. The present volume is aimed at sociologists, anthropologists, geographers, planners, and social policymakers. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation 漏2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Publisher Summary 2
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.
Publisher Summary 3
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 Professor Sir Peter Hall. The first half, "London Voices", introduces the characters - their hopes and aspirations, their frustrations and struggles, their determination and optimism. The second, "London Lives", introduces the themes that dominate their everyday lives: the struggle to keep their heads above water, the search for a place to live, the hassle of the journey to work, their friends and neighbours, their concerns about crime, and the quality of their everyday lives. This is not only an extraordinary social record but also a compelling read for anyone and everyone interested in today's London, or in any other great global city. It will provide a mine of information for future historians on one of the world's greatest cities and will be of special academic or professional interest to sociologists, anthropologists, geographers, planners and social policymakers.
