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The Road to Wigan Pier Revisited
Stephen Armstrong
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Description for The Road to Wigan Pier Revisited
Paperback. A searing exploration of social injustice, inequality and the state of the nation published to co-incide with the 75th anniversary of the original publication of The Road to Wigan Pier. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEN; JFFA; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426. 306 pages, black & white illustrations. Shows how young girls go missing because of the intransigence of the benefits systems, how fragile hope can be in the face of poverty and why the government stands in the way of a community helping itself. This title reveals a society at the end of its tether, abandoned by those who speak in its name. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DBKEN; JFFA; JP. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 19. Weight: 426.
You think that the recession isn't biting? Look again. You think that the riots in August 2011 were unpredicted? Think again. 75 years after George Orwell's classic expose on life in the North, Stephen Armstrong returns to find that many things have changed, but not always for the better. Here he finds how young girls go missing because of the intransigence of the benefits systems, how fragile hope can be in the face of poverty and why the government stands in the way of a community helping itself. In his journey, taking in Bradford, Sheffield, Liverpool ... Read more
You think that the recession isn't biting? Look again. You think that the riots in August 2011 were unpredicted? Think again. 75 years after George Orwell's classic expose on life in the North, Stephen Armstrong returns to find that many things have changed, but not always for the better. Here he finds how young girls go missing because of the intransigence of the benefits systems, how fragile hope can be in the face of poverty and why the government stands in the way of a community helping itself. In his journey, taking in Bradford, Sheffield, Liverpool ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780336916
SKU
V9781780336916
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Ref
99-10
About Stephen Armstrong
A journalist and broadcaster, Stephen Armstrong writes for the Sunday Times, the Guardian, GQ, Esquire and the New Statesman amongst others. He contributes documentaries and columns to Radio 4 and is currently working with al-jazeera on a film based around his recent book War Plc - the rise of the new corporate mercenary, which sold out its first print run ... Read more
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