Book Review: Migrant City: A New History of London by Panikos Panayi.

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      LONDON (England)
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      MIGRANT City: A New History of London (Book)
    • Abstract:
      The question of the inclusion of first- and second-generation migrants in Britain is examined through the lens of London in Panikos Panayi's latest book I Migrant City: A New History of London i . Panayi also examines the high rate of self-employment and entrepreneurship among migrant communities (p. 87) as well as elite migrants. Panikos Panayi, Migrant City: A New History of London, New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 2020, xviii + 448 pp.; £20.00 hbk; ISBN 9780300210972 Speaking on his LBC show on 29 March 2021, David Lammy the Labour MP for Tottenham, North London, and then shadow justice secretary defined his identity in the following way: 'I'm of African descent, African-Caribbean descent, but I am English'. [Extracted from the article]
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