ISBN:
9781350242029
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9781350242012
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 305 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Cultures of London
DDC:
305.9/0691209421
Keywords:
Immigrants History
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HISTORY / Essays
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HISTORY / Social History
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Literarische Essays
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Literary essays
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Migration, Einwanderung und Auswanderung
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Migration, immigration & emigration
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays
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Social & cultural history
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Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte
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London (England) Civilization
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Great Britain Civilization
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Foreign influences
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London (England) Social life and customs
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London, Greater London
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London, Greater London
Abstract:
"One of the most international, culturally diverse cities in the world, London's social and cultural history is steeped in centuries of migration. This book places migrants at the centre of London's story, with essays on a wide variety of topics that discuss, explore and celebrate the contribution that migrants have made to the city from the medieval period to the present day"--
Abstract:
From its origin as the Roman city of Londinium through to its latest incarnation as a super-diverse World City in the twenty-first century, London s history and culture has been shaped by migration. This book expresses and celebrates the plurality of the capital s cultures and affirms the importance of migration in the making of the modern city through thirty-three short essays written by academics, artists, broadcasters and curators. Subjects range from the mediaeval to the contemporary: buildings and institutions, individuals and communities, objects, visual art, street performances and literary texts. Some contributors focus on famous people and places, like Shakespeare and St Paul s, while others explore less well-known subjects, like the Free German League of Culture (1939-46) or Ignatius Sancho, the eighteenth-century musician, grocer and man-of-letters.It is not only London s cultures which are diverse, migration is also plural. This book engages with the very many human migrations from across the globe and within the British Isles that have taken place over the last two-thousand years, as well as with the movements of plants, animals, and ideologies from other countries and continents, and the movement of natural resources and manmade toxins into and through the city. Composed of a vivid collection of snapshots, the volume offers a kaleidoscopic vision of the city and provides new insights into the successive migrant communities that have come to London and made it their own
Description / Table of Contents:
St. Erkenwald and the Hidden Histories of St Paul's Cathedral -- Ignatius Sancho : Musician, Man of Letters, Grocer -- The 'Black-birds' of St. Giles : Re-Thinking Place and Community in Eighteenth-Century London -- Styling the Other : Hazlitt's 'The Indian Jugglers' / Uttara Natarajan.
Note:
Collection of essays by Charlotte Grant and 34 others
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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