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Summer of Unrest: Generation Vexed: What the English Riots Don't Tell Us About Our Nation's Youth
 
 

Summer of Unrest: Generation Vexed: What the English Riots Don't Tell Us About Our Nation's Youth [Kindle Edition]

Kieran Yates , Nikesh Shukla

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Summer of Unrest (Slight Return). For a few days at the start of August, England was gripped by the riots that erupted in its city centres. Although there were various motivations behind the trouble and a broad spectrum of ages and backgrounds involved, the front pages were emblazoned with images of hooded youths running amok and stories of the revenge of the feral underclass.



In this final part of the Brain Shots: Summer of Unrest series, Nikesh Shukla and Kieran Yates interrogate whether young people are deliberately conforming to a stereotype foisted upon them, and point instead to the creativity and entrepreneurialism that are defining a supposedly 'lost' generation.



An antidote to the broadsheet commentariat, this street-level view of the defining moment of the Summer of Unrest finds much to inspire hope and confidence for our future.


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  • Format: Kindle Edition
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  • Print Length: 30 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage Digital (27 Oct 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.ŕ r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B005ZVE5WI
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