Boaters of London
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Boaters of London

Alternative Living on the Water

  1. 302 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Boaters of London

Alternative Living on the Water

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London and the Southeast of England is home to an alternative community of people called 'boaters': individuals and families who live on narrowboats, cruisers and barges, along a network of canals and rivers. Many of these people move from place to place every two weeks due to mooring rules and form itinerant communities in the heart of some of the UK's most built-up and expensive urban spaces. Boaters of London is an ethnography that delves into the process of becoming a boater, adopting an alternative lifestyle on the water and the political impact that this travelling population has on the state.

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Year
2024
ISBN
9781805394952

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1. The Waterways: A Historical and Legal Framework
  10. Chapter 2. Becoming a Boater: Developing Skills within a Community of Practice
  11. Chapter 3. Dwelling and Temporality
  12. Chapter 4. Money, Work and ā€˜Thingsā€™
  13. Chapter 5. Community
  14. Chapter 6. ā€˜A Very English Kind of Anarchismā€™: Boaters as Citizens within the State
  15. Chapter 7. Surveillance and Security
  16. Chapter 8. Political (Dis)Organisation
  17. Conclusion. Messing about in Boats
  18. Glossary and Acronyms
  19. References
  20. Index