In the Cities of the South keyword-avant-garde Released from prison under a

Released from prison under a general amnesty

As the UK government tries to suppress all forms of dissent

and pieces together the money trail linking American think tanks to far-right fascist groups

it assures the thousands of isolated rebels mired in dead-end and deadening jobs that they are not alone

a new round of primitive accumulation and enclosure

In the Cities of the South keyword-avant-garde Released from prison under aJeremy Seabrook's remarkable new book gives a unique account of the lived experience of people in the vast and ever expanding cities of South Asia. From Bangkok, Bombay, Dhaka, Manila, Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh and Kuala Lumpur, Seabrook brings stories of survival, endurance and uncelebrated heroism, stories with uncanny echoes of life in Britain in the early industrial and urban era. At the same time, he provides a powerful analysis of the restructuring