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London, once known as the Metropole, was the mother city at the heart of a vast empire which at its peak encompassed a quarter of all land on the planet. Its maternal name belied a profoundly hierarchical and unequal relationship with power radiating outwards from the urban heart, and territorial riches feeding back in return. The British Empire has long since collapsed but in its place has risen a new world power; globalised capitalism. London rebranded an ''investment opportunity'' is now a city of continuous demolition, shifting cranes, and glittering new high rises.

Metropole

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      Published 18 September 2018
      ISBN-13 9780994791979
      978-0994791979
      ISBN-10 994791976
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      Book Synopsis
      London, once known as the Metropole, was the mother city at the heart of a vast empire which at its peak encompassed a quarter of all land on the planet. Its maternal name belied a profoundly hierarchical and unequal relationship with power radiating outwards from the urban heart, and territorial riches feeding back in return. The British Empire has long since collapsed but in its place has risen a new world power; globalised capitalism. London rebranded an ''investment opportunity'' is now a city of continuous demolition, shifting cranes, and glittering new high rises.

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