Eve Gregory is Professor of Language and Culture in Education at Goldsmiths College, University of London and Ann Williams is Lecturer in Linguistics at The University of Reading.

'The book must be widely read and used as a basis for discussion. I hope it will be used as a model for further investigation of language in inner cities.' -Harold Rosen, Times Education Supplement

• Introduction: poverty and illiteracy—the deficit myth PART I Living and learning east of the Aldgate pump 1 Places and peoples 2 Schooling the City PART II Childhood memories of literacy and learning 3 Literacy for survival 4 Literacy for equality 5 Literacy for choice PART III Looking ahead: young literacies, lives and learning 6 Living literacies in homes and communities 7 Learning the literacy of school

Eve Gregory is Professor of Language and Culture in Education at Goldsmiths College, University of London and Ann Williams is Lecturer in Linguistics at The University of Reading.

'The book must be widely read and used as a basis for discussion. I hope it will be used as a model for further investigation of language in inner cities.' -Harold Rosen, Times Education Supplement

• Introduction: poverty and illiteracy—the deficit myth PART I Living and learning east of the Aldgate pump 1 Places and peoples 2 Schooling the City PART II Childhood memories of literacy and learning 3 Literacy for survival 4 Literacy for equality 5 Literacy for choice PART III Looking ahead: young literacies, lives and learning 6 Living literacies in homes and communities 7 Learning the literacy of school