Binding: Hardcover
Description: In London in 1984 two very different cities came into conflict one rooted in radical politics and the other shaped by Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative government. This was a city poised between two eras and identities remoulded in conflicting ways by social democracy and neoliberalism. Using a wide array of sources many of which have never been used before London 1984 explores the radical history of the capital in this tumultuous era from a major anti - apartheid march in central London to an alternative childcare centre in Dalston from a protest staged on the Thames against Docklands development to tensions on housing estates in the East End and Tottenham around racial violence and policing from a raid on a gay bookshop in Bloomsbury to the Greater London Council's attempt to build a challenge to Thatcherism from County Hall Lambeth and from controversial and well - known historical actors such as Ken Livingstone and Margaret Thatcher to the compelling stories of numerous less famous Londoners who also sought to influence the shape and nature of their city. This is a story of struggles within the corridors of power but it is also one of those on the ground waged through popular culture and activism and in daily life. In so doing London 1984 offers a panoramic timely and revealing portrait of the city in a pivotal decade in its modern history. These years saw deep problems of racial violence policing and poverty as well as other controversies and struggles over feminism gay and lesbian rights anti - racism jobs and economic strategy neoliberalism and the nature of the state and global issues such as Apartheid nuclear weapons and Northern Ireland. Across these and the stories of those who lived shaped and fought them we see the roots of London and Britian today.
Title: London 1984 Conflict And Change In The Radical City
Author(s): Brooke Stephen (Professor Of History Professor Of History York University Toronto)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198862888
Pages: 336 Pages, 12 Black And White Figures
Publication Date: 5/15/2024
Category: Social & Cultural History