Playboys and Mayfair Men - Crime, Class, Masculinity, and Fascism in 1930s London

The shocking true story of a diamond theft gone wrong.

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convincingly links disparate issues such as divorce reform, corporal punishment, effeminacy, and fascism.

The trial is fascinating, not simply because of its four young louts but because it revealed for the first time in the media troubling aspects of British society which had escaped serious scrutiny. An original and exciting cultural history of 1930s Britain, this innovative book and the exploits of its dissolute playboys will appeal to true-crime readers and historians alike.

About the author

Angus McLaren is emeritus professor of history at the University of Victoria. He is the author of Sexual Blackmail: A Modern History, Impotence: A Cultural History, and A Prescription for Murder: The Victorian Serial Killings of Dr. Thomas Neill Cream.

Summary

An original and exciting cultural history of 1930s Britain, this innovative book and the exploits of its dissolute playboys will appeal to true-crime readers and historians alike.

Product details

• Authors: Angus Mclaren, McLaren Angus
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781421423470
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-2347-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, True Crime, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, TRUE CRIME / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Gender studies, gender groups, Gender studies: men & boys