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Playboys and Mayfair Men: Crime, Class, Masculinity, and Fascism in 1930s London
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by Angus McLaren


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  • Title Playboys and Mayfair Men: Crime, Class, Masculinity, and Fascism in 1930s London
  • Author Angus McLaren
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Hardback
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, U.S.A.
  • Date 2017-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9781421423470 / 1421423472
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.3 x 0.8 in (22.86 x 16.00 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1930's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Sex & Gender: Masculine
  • Library of Congress subjects London (England) - Social conditions - 20th, Criminals - England - London
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2017004265
  • Dewey Decimal Code 364.155

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.

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