Alpha City: How London Was Captured by the Super-Rich by Rowland Atkinson (Engli

Description: Alpha City by Rowland Atkinson How London was bought and sold by the Super-Rich, and what it means for the rest of us FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Who owns London? In recent decades, it has fallen into the hands of the super-rich. It is today the essential World City for High-Net-Worth Individuals and Ultra-High-Net-Worth Individuals. Compared to New York or Tokyo, it has the largest number of wealthy people per head of population. Taken as a whole, London is the epicentre of the worlds finance markets, an elite cultural hub, and a place to hide ones wealth.Alpha City moves from gated communities and the mega-houses of the super-rich to the disturbing rise of evictions and displacements from the city. It shows how the consequences of widening inequality have an impact on the urban landscape. Rowland Atkinson presents a history of the property boom economy, going back to the end of Empire. It tells the story of eager developers, sovereign wealth and grasping politicians, all paving the way for the wealthy colonisation of the cityscape. The consequences of this transformation of the capital for capital is the brutal expulsion of the urban poor, austerity, cuts, demolitions, and a catalogue of social injustices. Author Biography Rowland Atkinson is Research Chair in Inclusive Societies at the University of Sheffield. He is the author of Domestic Fortress (with Sarah Blandy) and Urban Criminology (with Gareth Millington). Review Alpha City is the heart-breaking, carefully-told, story of how London - its heart, mind and soul - was stolen from the people by the plutocrats and their minions. When, the book asks, will the greed of the super-rich end up strangling the city, whose body sustains them? Rowland Atkinson has delved deep to uncover the extent of the super-richs grip on London. A masterpiece. -- Danny Dorling, author of Inequality and 1%London, Alpha City, tops the global power city index, but rankings aside what does this really mean? In this superb book Atkinson tells us - it means hyper-activity, hyper-consumption, and hyper-gentrification. The fall out is eviction and dispossession of the poor, even the middle classes, the city and its spaces territorialised by the super-wealthy, the collapse of any ethics of care. This is the shady, corrupt world of money destroying the city. And Atkinson tells the story so well through his vivid descriptions of Londons neighbourhoods, streets, and buildings as captured, even stolen. This engaging and provocative book is a must read for Londoners, urbanists, and those interested in social, economic and political justice. -- Loretta Lees, Kings College, LondonIn Alpha Cities, Rowland Atkinson lays bare how London has been geared up as the worlds monument to inequality. It exposes the tactics of gilded elites alongside their legions of enablers and hangers on, and the ways in which they have turned an already tough city into a 21st century dystopia, where the ultra-rich glide through pristine, soulless environments while the infrastructure we all need decays around us. This fast-paced guide to the new gilded age is a timely warning of how much damage inequality can do. -- Douglas Murphy, author of NincompoopolisA great book which provides vital insights into a strangely under researched group - the wealthiest people on the planet. -- Anna Minton, author of Big CapitalRowland Atkinsons excellent, lively and deeply researched book opens the lid on a can of dangerous worms. While Britains policies to tempt the worlds mobile hot money and its owners have blessed a small section of the population, Atkinson reveals how this has cursed far larger numbers of people, as the super rich have sucked away wealth, talent, investment, culture, government attention, and opportunities from the majority. As he puts it, "the rich kill the cities built to attract them." A welcome and urgently important corrective to the dominant British narrative that the super-rich benefit London and the wider nation. -- Nicholas Shaxson, author of Treasure IslandsTurning large swathes of London over to the Super-Rich was meant to generate a sloshing pool of wealth that would trickle down to the rest of us. In practice, the detailed, informed and devastating trawl through the global capital of the ruling class in Alpha City proves the only thing that has trickled down is contempt -- Owen Hatherley, author of The Ministry of NostalgiaAtkinson writes with beautiful elegance. Almost every page has a sentence I wish Id written myself! But his fundamental argument is hard-hitting and could not be more relevant for our troubled times. His analysis of Londons alphahoods is a reminder, if we need it, of how unequal cities-not just London-have become. -- Glyn Robbins * City * Promotional How London was bought and sold by the Super-Rich, and what it means for the rest of us Review Quote "[Atkinson] writes with flair. The long-term result of the pressures he charts is starting to be felt." --Mika Ross-Southall, Times Literary Supplement " Alpha City is the heart-breaking, carefully-told, story of how London--its heart, mind and soul--was stolen from the people by the plutocrats and their minions. When, the book asks, will the greed of the super-rich end up strangling the city, whose body sustains them? Rowland Atkinson has delved deep to uncover the extent of the super-richs grip on London. A masterpiece." --Danny Dorling, author of Inequality and 1% "Turning large swathes of London over to the Super-Rich was meant to generate a sloshing pool of wealth that would trickle down to the rest of us. In practice, the detailed, informed and devastating trawl through the global capital of the ruling class in Alpha City proves the only thing that has trickled down is contempt." --Owen Hatherley, author of The Ministry of Nostalgia "Opens the lid on a can of dangerous worms. While Britains policies to tempt the worlds mobile hot money and its owners have blessed a small section of the population, Atkinson reveals how this has cursed far larger numbers of people, as the super rich have sucked away wealth, talent, investment, culture, government attention, and opportunities from the majority. A welcome and urgently important corrective to the dominant British narrative that the super-rich benefit London and the wider nation." --Nicholas Shaxson, author of Treasure Islands "A great book that provides vital insights into a strangely under researched group--the wealthiest people on the planet." --Anna Minton, author of Big Capital "In Alpha City , Rowland Atkinson lays bare how London has been geared up as the worlds monument to inequality. It exposes the tactics of gilded elites alongside their legions of enablers and hangers on, and the ways in which they have turned an already tough city into a 21st century dystopia, where the ultra-rich glide through pristine, soulless environments while the infrastructure we all need decays around us. This fast-paced guide to the new gilded age is a timely warning of how much damage inequality can do." --Douglas Murphy, author of Nincompoopolis "Essential reading before Covid-19, is even more so now ... vividly describes how the super-rich have distorted the socioeconomic and physical landscape of London" -- Morning Star "The inequalities are glaring. It is a revealing but unsettling read, whatever page you land on." --Angela Cobbinah, Camden New Journal "An urgent reminder of the capitals inequalities." --Ceri Radford, Independent "Timely and relevant ... Alpha City takes us through the ugly world of a mega city captured by wealth. Cities and towns have always struggled with inequality and the social and spatial realities of unequal access to power and resources. In the great global cities, such as London and New York, these inequalities have often been more stark." --Eoin Promotional "Headline" How London was bought and sold by the Super-Rich, and what it means for the rest of us Details ISBN1788737989 Author Rowland Atkinson Short Title Alpha City Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1788737989 ISBN-13 9781788737982 Format Paperback Subtitle How London Was Captured by the Super-Rich Pages 272 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2021-05-25 UK Release Date 2021-05-25 Publisher Verso Books Publication Date 2021-05-25 Imprint Verso Books DEWEY 942.1 Audience General AU Release Date 2021-07-01 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:131892263;

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