{"product_id":"london-9781472145727","title":"London","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTRANSLATED BY ALISON McCULLOUGH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''One of the best books on the many diverse migrations to London . . . revealing the extent to which the diversity of immigrant \u003ci\u003eorigins\u003c\/i\u003e has had transformative effects - through food, music, diverse types of knowledge and so much more. The book is difficult to put it down''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSaskia Sassen, The Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University, New York\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The ultimate book about Great Britain''s capital''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDagbladet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''One of the best books of the year! . . . This is a book about what a city is and can be''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAftenposten\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIs 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Nazneen Khan-Østrem has drawn a wonderful new map of a city that everyone thought they already knew.  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe travels around the city, meeting the very people who have created a t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNazneen 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 \u003ci\u003eorigins\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739397337431,"sku":"9781472145727","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472145727.jpg?v=1720052127","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/london-9781472145727","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}