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London`s Overthrow

London’™s Overthrow by China Miรฉville is an essay on the social, economic and political conditions of contemporary London.Gritty colour photographs accompany the text, creating a realistic journey through the streets of the capital. Miรฉville’™s passionate reflections and quotations from the Londoners he speaks to connect the landscape to the people who inhabit it. He reveals the mood in the city and explores the issues behind the Tottenham riots of 2011 and the public sector strike of November 2011, as well as housing, inequality, racism etc.London’™s Overthrow is a compelling read for anyone interested in current affairs, London, and social and economic matters.

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