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Unequal City

London in the Global Arena

By: Chris Hamnett

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Unequal City

London in the Global Arena

By: Chris Hamnett

Examines some of the dramatic economic and social changes that have taken place in London over the last forty years, describing how this has had major consequences for both the social structure and the built environment of London.

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Psychology Press

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0415317312

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Cities, Housing and Profits

Flat Break-Up and the Decline of Private Renting

By: Chris Hamnett,Bill Randolph

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Flat Break-Up and the Decline of Private Renting

By: Chris Hamnett,Bill Randolph

Originally published in 1988, this book documents and explains the emergence of flat ‘break-ups’ – the sale of individual owner occupation of blocks of flats which were previously privately rented and which played a major role in the transformation of the private housing market in London since the 1960s. The book shows that the flat break-up market in London was not a unique phenomenon but one of the most geographically concentrated manifestations of the trend for sales from private renting to owner occupation which has been established in the UK since the 1920s. The interrelationship between the causes of the decline of the privately rented sector in Britain and the features specific to the flat market comprises the second theme of the book.

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321

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Routledge

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1000300439

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9781000300437

Winners And Losers

By: Chris Hamnett

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Winners And Losers

By: Chris Hamnett

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Routledge

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1135366756

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9781135366759

Ethnicity, class and aspiration

Understanding London's new East End

By: Tim Butler,Chris Hamnett

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Ethnicity, class and aspiration

Understanding London's new East End

By: Tim Butler,Chris Hamnett

East London has undergone dramatic changes over the last 30 years, primarily as a result of London's large scale de-industrialisation and the rise in its financial sector. Large parts of inner East London remain deprived, but a once overwhelmingly white working class area is now home to a more complex and mobile class and ethnic mix. This topical book focuses on the aspirations of these different groups and the strategies they have pursued about where to live, driven in part by a concern to ensure a good education for their children. The book will be essential reading for students and academics in sociology, urban studies, geography and multicultural studies.

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290

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Policy Press

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1447315200

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9781447315209

The Historical Novel in Nineteenth-Century Europe

Representations of Reality in History and Fiction

By: Brian Hamnett

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The Historical Novel in Nineteenth-Century Europe

Representations of Reality in History and Fiction

By: Brian Hamnett

Brian Hamnett examines key historical novels by Scott, Balzac, Manzoni, Dickens, Eliot, Flaubert, Fontane, Galdós, and Tolstoy, revealing the contradictions inherent in this form of fiction and exploring the challenges writers encountered in attempting to represent a reality that linked past and present.

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344

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Oxford University Press

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0199695040

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9780199695041

Roots of Insurgency

Mexican Regions, 1750-1824

By: Brian R. Hamnett

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Roots of Insurgency

Mexican Regions, 1750-1824

By: Brian R. Hamnett

Studies in Spanish American regional history have, as yet, made little attempt to incorporate the struggles for independence within the context of provincial society and politics viewed over the broader period that spans the late colonial and early national experience of Latin America. This book attempts a new perspective: it emphasises the provincial milieu and popular participation in its varied forms, often ambiguous and contradictory. The central aim is to examine social conflicts, chiefly in the Mexican provinces of Puebla, Guadalajara, Michoacán, and Guanajuato from the middle of the eighteenth century, and to assess their relationship to the widespread insurgency of the second decade of the nineteenth century.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521893240

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9780521893244

Poisonous Tales

A Forensic Examination of Poisons in Fiction

By: Hilary Hamnett

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Poisonous Tales

A Forensic Examination of Poisons in Fiction

By: Hilary Hamnett

Dangerous, dark and difficult to detect, poisons have been a common character in literature from ancient times to the modern day. Their ability to perform deadly deeds at a distance is a common device for creating dramatic tension and playing on our real life fears. But what is fact and what is pure fiction? From Shakespeare and Dickens to Hugo and Poe, the macabre world of literary poisonings is as large as it is fascinating. Utilising real forensic science Poisonous Tales explores the real science inspiring the toxins and tinctures in our favourite works. Could a poison really mimic death in Romeo and Juliet? What is the cause of the mad Hatter's malady in Alice in Wonderland? And could a stone from the stomach of a goat really have been used as an antidote in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince? Through these and many more 'cases' we discover the captivating truth in the texts and how real-life tragedies can replicate themselves in fiction.

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Royal Society of Chemistry

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1839161434

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9781839161438

The Enlightenment in Iberia and Ibero-America

By: Brian Hamnett

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The Enlightenment in Iberia and Ibero-America

By: Brian Hamnett

This book discusses responses to the challenges faced by two different Iberian imperial systems in their struggle to sustain territorial integrity and economic interests in the face of international competition. During a so-called period of ‘Enlightened Despotism’, absolutist governments in Spain and Portugal sought to harness Enlightenment ideas to their policies of reform. The Iberian Enlightenment, however, did not rely exclusively on government sponsorship – it had existing foundations in sixteenth-century Spanish humanism and subsequent attempts at reform, and educated individuals in major cities frequently operated independently of government. The Enlightenment contributed greatly to the availability of potential political solutions to the urgent matter of political status, in the attempt to transform absolutist governments into constitutional systems and drawing in the process on the structures of medieval foundations, contemporary revolutions or less radical constitutional monarchies, or a combination of sources more closely aligned with Ibero-American realities.

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387

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University of Wales Press

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1786830477

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9781786830470

A Concise History of Mexico

By: Brian R. Hamnett

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A Concise History of Mexico

By: Brian R. Hamnett

An illustrated introduction to Mexico's historical and contemporary issues, problems and events.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521589169

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9780521589161

Advanced Introduction to Gentrification

By: Hamnett, Chris

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Advanced Introduction to Gentrification

By: Hamnett, Chris

Analysing the causes and effects of widespread gentrification, this Advanced Introduction provides an innovative insight into the global debate instigated by this process. Examining the impact of gentrification on lower income groups and other issues, Chris Hamnett discusses research into the socio-economic causes and effects of gentrification in a variety of cities worldwide.

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160

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1839106867

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9781839106866

Shrinking the State

The Political Underpinnings of Privatization

By: Harvey Feigenbaum,Jeffrey Henig,Chris Hamnett

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Shrinking the State

The Political Underpinnings of Privatization

By: Harvey Feigenbaum,Jeffrey Henig,Chris Hamnett

Privatization has spread worldwide during the 1980s and 1990s, and has significantly reshaped the balance between state and market in many countries. This book provides a comparative political analysis of the development, form, character and causes of privatization in three countries: the UK, USA and France. The authors argue that privatization is a political phenomenon and should be analyzed as such, rather than being seen as an economic response to the growth of the state and the cost of state provision. Privatization frequently has explicit political goals, and has consequences which redistribute costs and benefits to different groups. The book presents a threefold typology of privatization policy - pragmatic, tactical and systemic - and relates it to the experiences of USA, France and UK respectively. It will be of interest to students and scholars of politics, economics, public policy and business studies, as well as policy-makers and consultants in the field of privatization.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521639182

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9780521639187

Cities, Housing and Profits

Flat Break-Up and the Decline of Private Renting

By: Chris Hamnett,Bill Randolph

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Flat Break-Up and the Decline of Private Renting

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Shrinking the State

The Political Underpinnings of Privatization

By: Harvey Feigenbaum,Jeffrey Henig,Chris Hamnett

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The Political Underpinnings of Privatization

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Unequal City

London in the Global Arena

By: Chris Hamnett

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Unequal City

London in the Global Arena

By: Chris Hamnett

Unequal City examines some of the dramatic economic and social changes that have taken place in London over the last forty years. It describes how London's changing industrial structure, particularly the shift from an industrial to a services-based city, and the associated changes in occupational class structure and in the structure of earnings and incomes, have worked through to the housing market and the gentrification of large parts of inner London. Unequal City relates to the literature on global cities. The book has a wide sweep and summarises a wide range of literature on occupational and industrial change, earnings and incomes and the housing market and gentrification. It provides a wealth of original data, figures, maps and tables and will be a valuable reference for anyone interested in the changes that have reshaped the social structure of London in recent decades.

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1134371381

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Ethnicity, class and aspiration

Understanding London's new East End

By: Butler, Tim,Hamnett, Chris

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Understanding London's new East End

By: Butler, Tim,Hamnett, Chris

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1847426522

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Safe as Houses

Housing Inheritance in Britain

By: Chris Hamnett,Michael Harmer,Peter Williams

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Safe as Houses

Housing Inheritance in Britain

By: Chris Hamnett,Michael Harmer,Peter Williams

The forty years since the war have seen a revolution in housing tenure in Britain. In 1945 almost two-thirds of households rented their accommodation from private landlords. Only a quarter owned their own homes. By 1987 almost two-thirds of households owned or were buying their own homes. Since 1960 the number of home owners has more than doubled to 14 million, and Britain has changed from a nation of tenants to a nation of home owners. The expansion of home ownership and rapid house price inflation have together led to dramatic changes in the role of owner occupied housing in the composition, distribution and inheritance of wealth in Britain. This book explores these changes and some of their important economic and social consequences. The authors provide unique data on housing inheritance, based on an ESRC and Housing Research Foundation-funded project, carried out at The Open University and the University of Wales College of Cardiff. They provide details of the occupational, income and demographic background of beneficiaries, of the use to which housing wealth has been put, and the impact of housing inheritance on the housing market. The authors also explore issues such as bequesting behaviour, the role of taxation in regulating the effects of inheritance, and the extent to which the rapid growth of home ownership and house price inflation makes Britain unique amongst Western countries.

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SAGE Publications Limited

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1853961051

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9781853961052

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Unequal City

Unequal City

Cities, Housing and Profits

Cities, Housing and Profits

Winners And Losers

Winners And Losers

Ethnicity, class and aspiration

Ethnicity, class and aspiration

The Historical Novel in Nineteenth-Century Europe

The Historical Novel in Nineteenth-Century Europe

Roots of Insurgency

Roots of Insurgency

Poisonous Tales

Poisonous Tales

The Enlightenment in Iberia and Ibero-America

The Enlightenment in Iberia and Ibero-America

A Concise History of Mexico

A Concise History of Mexico

Advanced Introduction to Gentrification

Advanced Introduction to Gentrification

Shrinking the State

Shrinking the State

Cities, Housing and Profits

Cities, Housing and Profits

Shrinking the State

Shrinking the State

Unequal City

Unequal City

Ethnicity, class and aspiration

Ethnicity, class and aspiration

Safe as Houses

Safe as Houses

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