Migrant city :: a new history of London /

The first history of London to show just how far the city has been built, shaped, and made a great success through immigration. London is now a global financial and multicultural hub in which over three hundred languages are spoken. But the history of London has always been a history of immigration....

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1. Verfasser: Panayi, Panikos (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
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Zusammenfassung:The first history of London to show just how far the city has been built, shaped, and made a great success through immigration. London is now a global financial and multicultural hub in which over three hundred languages are spoken. But the history of London has always been a history of immigration. Panikos Panayi explores the rich and vibrant story of London-- from its founding two millennia ago by Roman invaders, to Jewish and German immigrants in the Victorian period, to the Windrush generation invited from Caribbean countries in the twentieth century. Panayi shows how migration has been fundamental to London's economic, social, political and cultural development. Migrant City sheds light on the various ways in which newcomers have shaped London life, acting as cheap labour, contributing to the success of its financial sector, its curry houses, and its football clubs. London's economy has long been driven by migrants, from earlier continental financiers and more recent European Union citizens. Without immigration, fueled by globalization, Panayi argues, London would not have become the world city it is today.--
Beschreibung:1 online resource (448 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9780300252149
0300252145

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