{"product_id":"red-metropolis-owen-hatherley-9781913462208","title":"Red Metropolis: Socialism and the Government of London","description":"\u003cb\u003eA polemical history of municipal socialism in London - and an argument for turning this capitalist capital red again.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA polemical history of municipal socialism in London -- and an argument for turning this capitalist capital red again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLondon is conventionally seen as merely a combination of the financial centre in the City and the centre of governmental power in Westminster, a uniquely capitalist capital city. This book is about the third London - a social democratic twentieth-century metropolis, a pioneer in council housing, public enterprise, socialist design, radical local democracy and multiculturalism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book charts the development of this municipal power base under leaders from Herbert Morrison to Ken Livingstone, and its destruction in 1986, leaving a gap which has been only very inadequately filled by the Greater London Authority under Livingstone, Boris Johnson and Sadiq Khan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOpposing currently fashionable bullshit about an imaginary \"metropolitan elite\", this book makes a case for London pride on the left, and makes an argument for using that pride as a weapon against a government of suburban landlords that ruthlessly exploits Londoners.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Owen Hatherley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 191346220X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913462208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Repeater\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Owen Hatherley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983393849599,"sku":"9781913462208","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4d376882-92f9-4db3-b686-769ac2948565.jpg?v=1683266378","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/red-metropolis-owen-hatherley-9781913462208","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}