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| Author | Derek Ridgers |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Youth culture in London |
| Published | Bologna |
| Publisher | Damiana |
Publication date | 2013 |
| Publication place | Italy |
| Media type | Hardcover |
| Pages | 160 |
| ISBN | 978-88-6208-359-1 |
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In The Observer Sean O'Hagan described the work as a "visual anthropology of a bygone era" and wrote that "hopefully this is only the first instalment in a much bigger series devoted to Ridgers's invaluable archive of London youth culture in these decades". The work was also reviewed in The Daily Telegraph. [3] [4]
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