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Danny Dorling

English social geographer; Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford; author of books on inequality including Injustice (2010) and Shattered Nation (2023).

5 books on the record · 26 Jun 2016 – 11 May 2018

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On Roads by Joe Moran

You’ve got to know Britain, otherwise it’s a bit meaningless, but if I had to recommend just one of these books, I’d say please read Joe Moran’s On Roads.

on fivebooks.com · 11 May 2018 · Report

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The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher

This is the affluent side of Sheffield, so in The Northern Clemency it’s the part of Sheffield where the man who is keeping the power station running during the miners’ strike lives.

on fivebooks.com · 11 May 2018 · Report

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Stuffed and Starved by Raj Patel

Stuffed and Starved considers international inequality rather than how inequality is manifest amongst the billion richest, as in the other books.

on fivebooks.com · 26 Jun 2016 · Report

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Super Rich by George Irvin

Super Rich is trying to illustrate how strange life is in such an unequal society.

on fivebooks.com · 26 Jun 2016 · Report

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The Selfish Capitalist by Oliver James

The book which I have chosen, The Selfish Capitalist, is a compilation of all the academic evidence behind it; Affluenza itself is mostly a series of interviews done with people all around the world.

on fivebooks.com · 26 Jun 2016 · Report

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