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Looking to London : stories of war, escape and asylum
- Title
- Looking to London : stories of war, escape and asylum / Cynthia Cockburn.
- Author
- Cockburn, Cynthia
- Publication
- London : Pluto Press, 2017.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 18-254 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- ix, 242 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- "London is celebrated as one of the most ethnically diverse capitals in the world, and has been a magnet of migration since its origin. Looking to London steps into the maelstrom of current and recent wars and the resulting migration crisis, telling the stories of women refugees who have made it to London to seek safe haven among its many communities, under the watchful eye of the security services."
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-233) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- London : magnet for migrants -- From South-East Turkey to North-East London : Kurds in Hackney -- From the Horn of Africa to the Isle of Dogs : Somalis in Tower hamlets -- Home for whom? Tamils in Hounslow and home office detention -- The Sudan's divided people come to Camden -- Syrian War, migration crisis and 'refugees welcome' in Lambeth.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-254
- ISBN
- 9780745399218
- 0745399215
- 9780745399225
- 0745399223
- OCLC
- 979568123
- Author
- Cockburn, Cynthia, author.
- Title
- Looking to London : stories of war, escape and asylum / Cynthia Cockburn.
- Publisher
- London : Pluto Press, 2017.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-233) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-254