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Book SynopsisTRANSLATED BY ALISON McCULLOUGH
''One of the best books on the many diverse migrations to London . . . revealing the extent to which the diversity of immigrant origins has had transformative effects - through food, music, diverse types of knowledge and so much more. The book is difficult to put it down''
Saskia Sassen, The Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University, New York
''The ultimate book about Great Britain''s capital''
Dagbladet
''One of the best books of the year! . . . This is a book about what a city is and can be''
Aftenposten
Is there a street in London which does not contain a story from the Empire? Immigrants made London; and they keep remaking it in a thousand different ways. Nazneen Khan-Østrem has drawn a wonderful new map of a city that everyone thought they already knew.
She travels around the city, meeting the very people who have created a t
Trade Review
Nazneen Khan-Østrem has written one of the best books on the many diverse migrations to London. We all know by now that London, Paris, New York, and other major cities are destinations for immigrants coming from a vast mix of countries. What is less known is the extent to which the diversity of immigrant origins has actually had transformative effects in these powerful cities - through food, music, diverse types of knowledge and so much more. The book is difficult to put it down - I started reading it at 7.00 p.m. and did not stop until 10 hours later. -- Saskia Sassen, The Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University, New York
