Multilingual identities in a global city: London stories

Block, David (2006). Multilingual Identities in a Global City: London Stories. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 

This book opens with a discussion of the key issues of globalization, migration, multiculturalism, multilingualism and global cities. It then turns to a discussion four detailed case studies: East Asian students living and working in London; foreign language teachers from France; London's growing Latino community; and second generation South Asian university students (authored by Sian Preece). Via these case studies the book explores the ambivalent and multi-layered identities of individuals who have crossed geographical and psychological borders during the course of their lifetimes and settled in London, the quintessential global city.