Capital affairs : London and the making of the permissive society / Frank Mort.
Capital affairs : London and the making of the permissive society / Frank Mort.
Capital affairs : London and the making of the permissive society / Frank Mort.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010.
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N306.77094/6
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Language
English
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Physical content
[xvi], 508 p., [40] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
Majesty -- Society -- Pathologies -- Governance -- Erotica -- Scandal.
Publication information
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
c2010.
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Summary
During the 1950s a series of spectacular scandals profoundly disturbed London life in ways that had major national consequences. High and low society collided in a city of social and sexual extremes. Patrician men-about-town, young independent women, go-ahead entrepreneurs, Westminster politicians, queer men and West-Indian newcomers played aconspi...
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Full title
Capital affairs : London and the making of the permissive society / Frank Mort.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2010.
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Call Numbers
N306.77094/6
Record Identifier
74VKdm7GwjkA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKdm7GwjkA
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ISBN
0300118791 (alk. paper)
9780300118797 (alk. paper)
DDC
306.770942109045
MMS ID
991019863709702626
