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All profound relationships have the quality of being a folie a deux; an intimate departure from reality, an imaginative creation of a world apart; perhaps this is a way of calling forth meaning - the merging of senseless subjectivities.' In 1950s suburban England, a friendship bloomed between Jeremy Seabrook and Michael O'Neill - both gay men coming of age during a time when homosexuality was still a crime. Their relationship was inflected by secrecy and fear; the shadows that had distorted their adolescent years were never wholly dispelled, long into their adult life. Lyrical, candid and poignant, this is a tale of sexual identity, working-class history and family drama. A memoir of unparalleled authenticity, Private Worlds is an elegy for a doomed friendship

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Part One: Orphans; 1. Orphans; 2. The Care of Orphans; 3. Orphans of the Rich; Part Two: Orphans in Britain; 4. The Poor Law, 1601-1834; 5. After 1834; 6. Philanthropic Abduction; 7. War and the Orphans of Strife; 8. The End of an Epoch; Part Three: Orphanings of Modernity; 9. Social Fosterings; 10. A Millennial Restructuring; Notes; Index

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1. How The World Remains Poor; 2. The Perils of Wealth; 3. Where Did the Poor Come From?; 4. Continuities: Historical Attitudes towards the Poor; 5. Voices of the Poor; 6. The Industrial Poor; 7. The Enduring Image of Poverty; 8. An Impermanent Settlement; 9. Modernised Poverty; 10. The Impoverishment of Riches; Conclusion; Index; Footnotes.

On the 80th anniversary of CARA (Council for Assisting Refugee Academics), this book explores the experiences and achievements of refugee academics and their rescuers to recount Britain's past relationship with overseas victims of persecution, and as vital questions about our present-day attitudes towards immigration and asylum. As well as demonstrating the positive contribution of academics from elsewhere to learning in Britain, their testimonies also reveal the intellectual, cultural and social gifts brought by outsiders, gifts which enrich and enhance the life of the country that opened its doors to them

"Children of Other Worlds examines the international exploitation of children and exposes the hypocrisy, piety and moral blindness that have informed the debate in the West on the rights of the child. It insists that the whole question of protecting children's rights, North and South, must take into consideration the structural abuses of humanity that are inherent in globalization. It addresses the question of whether the West can turn its "benevolent" attention to child labour in the rest of the world."--Jacket

An urbanising world -- Cities of the past, cities of the present -- The global network -- Migrants to the city -- The spectre of the poor -- Slums -- Livelihoods -- Cities of fear -- Provision of basic services -- City borders -- The country and the city -- The triumph of the middle class

Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Part 1 Setting the Scene -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Part 2 Globalization as Imperialism -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Part 3 For and Against -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Part 4 Reclaiming Hearts and Minds -- Chapter 14 -- Chapter 15 -- Selective Reading List -- Acknowledgements -- Index -- Back Cover.