{"product_id":"london-1984-9780198862888","title":"London 1984","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn London in 1984 two very different cities came into conflict, one rooted in radical politics and the other shaped by Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative government. This was a city poised between two eras and identities, remoulded in conflicting ways by social democracy and neoliberalism. Using a wide array of sources, many of which have never been used before, London, 1984 explores the radical history of the capital in this tumultuous era, from a major anti-apartheid march in central London to an alternative childcare centre in Dalston, from a protest staged on the Thames against Docklands development to tensions on housing estates in the East End and Tottenham around racial violence and policing, from a raid on a gay bookshop in Bloomsbury to the Greater London Council''s attempt to build a challenge to Thatcherism from County Hall, Lambeth, and from controversial and well-known historical actors, such as Ken Livingstone and Margaret Thatcher, to the compelling stories of numero\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction 1: GLC London, 1981-4 2: Anti-Racist Year 3: Capital City? People's Armadas, Pop, and Planning 4: A City for Women? 5: Gay's the Word 6: Dalston Children's Centre 7: The Anti-Apartheid March 8: Lincoln Estate 9: Westminster and Broadwater Farm Conclusion Bibliography Index","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732819620183,"sku":"9780198862888","price":33.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780198862888.jpg?v=1719998535","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/london-1984-9780198862888","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}