Neither 'Deepest, Darkest Peckham' nor 'Run-of-the-Mill' East Dulwich: The middle classes and their 'Others' in an Inner-London Neighbourhood

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1195-1210

  Jackson, Emma ^a   Benson, Michaela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cities; London; Middle classes; Multiculture; Peckham; Place making

Indexed keywords

CLASS; MULTICULTURALISM; NEIGHBORHOOD; RACE; WORLD CITY;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84902262651     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12129     Document Type: Article

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