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English social geographer; Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford; author of books on inequality including Injustice (2010) and Shattered Nation (2023).
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On RoadsBook Joe Moran
You’ve got to know Britain, otherwise it’s a bit meaningless, but if I had to recommend just one of these books, I’d say please read Joe Moran’s On Roads.
Five Books interview: the best books on Modern Britain
2018-05-11·fivebooks.com ↗
The Northern ClemencyBook Philip Hensher
This is the affluent side of Sheffield, so in The Northern Clemency it’s the part of Sheffield where the man who is keeping the power station running during the miners’ strike lives.
Five Books interview: the best books on Modern Britain
2018-05-11·fivebooks.com ↗
The Selfish CapitalistBook Oliver James
The book which I have chosen, The Selfish Capitalist, is a compilation of all the academic evidence behind it; Affluenza itself is mostly a series of interviews done with people all around the world.
Five Books interview: the best books on Inequality
2016-06-26·fivebooks.com ↗
Super RichBook George Irvin
Super Rich is trying to illustrate how strange life is in such an unequal society.
Five Books interview: the best books on Inequality
2016-06-26·fivebooks.com ↗
Stuffed and StarvedBook Raj Patel
Stuffed and Starved considers international inequality rather than how inequality is manifest amongst the billion richest, as in the other books.
Five Books interview: the best books on Inequality
2016-06-26·fivebooks.com ↗
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