Boaters of London

Ben Bowles is Lecturer in Social Anthropology at SOAS, University of London. He is also Course Lecturer at Fordham University, London Campus, and Research Fellow at the Open University's Centre for Policing Research and Learning.

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements



Introduction



Chapter 1. Methodology and Ethics

Chapter 2. The Waterways: A Historical and Legal Framework

Chapter 3. Becoming a Boater: Developing Skills Within a Community of Practice

Chapter 4. Dwelling and Temporality

Chapter 5. Economic, Livelihood and Consumption

Chapter 6. Community

Chapter 7. ‘A Very English Kind of Anarchism’: Boaters as Citizens Within the State

Chapter 8. Surveillance and Security

Chapter 9. Political (Dis)Organisation



Conclusion: Messing about in Boats



Glossary and Acronyms

References

Index