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READING LIST Daniel Nilsson Dehanas Immigration and diversity in Tower Hamlets Public Spirit blog http://www.publicspirit.org.uk/immigration-and-diversity-in- tower-hamlets/ Anne Kershen Strangers, Aliens, Asians , Jews and Bangladeshis London: Routledge 2013 in Spitalfields 1666-2000. Claire Alexander Making Bengali Brick Lane – claiming contested space in British Journal of Sociology 62(2)201-220 east London Phil Hubbard ‘Hipsters on Our High Streets: Consuming the Gentrification Sociological Research Online, 21 (3) 2016 Frontier’, Phil Hubbard The Battle for the High Street: Retail Gentrification, Class and Disgust Palgrave Macmillan 2017

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Third version – updated with comments on all these resources from A Level student Holly Meah whilst on work experience with School of Geography in July 2017 Contact: Kate Amis QMUL [email protected]