Multilingual Identities in a Global City London Stories

by Block, David

• ISBN13: 9781403939647
• ISBN10: 1403939640
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-19
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book begins with a discussion of the key issues of globalization, migration, multiculturalism, multilingualism and global cities. It then turns to four detailed case studies and through them explores the ambivalent and multi-layered identitites of individuals who have crossed geographical and psychological borders during the course of their lifetimes and settled in London.

Author Biography

David Block is at the University of London.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figure	vi
Preface	vii
Acknowledgements	xii
Globalization and Migration	1	(20)
Multiculturalism and Identities	21	(20)
The Global City and the History of Migration and Multilingualism in Britain and London	41	(23)
Researching London Stories	64	(10)
Japanese Graduate Students in London	74	(33)
French Foreign-Language Teachers in London	107	(29)
Spanish-Speaking Latinos in London	136	(35)
British Asian Undergraduate Students in London	171	(29)
Sian Preece
Taking Stock: Where to London?	200	(14)
Notes	214	(4)
Bibliography	218	(12)
Index	230