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Poverty safari : understanding the anger of Britain's underclass / Darren McGarvey.
Lippincott Library HD5767.A6 M34 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McGarvey, Darren, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Working class--Scotland--Glasgow.
- Working class.
- Poverty--Great Britain--21st century.
- Poverty.
- Social conditions.
- Scotland--Social conditions--21st century.
- Scotland.
- Glasgow (Scotland)--Social conditions--21st century.
- Glasgow (Scotland).
- Great Britain.
- Scotland--Glasgow.
- Physical Description:
- 223 pages ; 20 cm
- Other Title:
- Understanding the anger of Britain's underclass
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Luath Press Limited, 2017.
- Summary:
- An autobiographical account of Darren McGarvey, aka the Scottish hip hop artist Loki's, childhood in a working class area in Scotland. He writes about his native Glasgow and the estate he grew up on, and the experiences he had. The book is partly a social commentary on youth in rundown areas in Scotland. Through his eyes we see a family life marred by poverty, abuse and addiction.
- ISBN:
- 9781912147038
- 1912147033
- OCLC:
- 1016074242
- Publisher Number:
- 99978079320
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