Playboys and Mayfair Men: Cime, Cass, Masculinity, and Fascism in 1930s London
de McLaren, Angus
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- First
- Estado
- Fine in fine jacket. As new, with very faint, partial fold crease to front jacket flap. Please see photos. in as new dust-jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1421423472
- ISBN 13
- 9781421423470
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Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Fine in fine jacket. As new, with very faint, partial fold crease to front jacket flap. Please see photos. in as new dust-jacket. Quarto in color illus jacket; viii, 264 pages: illustrations, map; 24 cm; bibliographical references and index. Contents: Introduction -- The robbery -- The investigation -- The suspects -- The trial -- The aftermath -- Pain -- Masculinity -- Crime -- Class -- Fascism -- Epilogue. / "In December 1937, four respectable young men in their twenties, all products of elite English public schools, conspired to lure to the luxurious Hyde Park Hotel a representative of Cartier, the renowned jewelry firm. There, the "Mayfair men" brutally bludgeoned diamond salesman Etienne Bellenger and made off with eight rings that today would be worth approximately half a million pounds. Such well-connected young people were not supposed to appear in the prisoner's dock at the Old Bailey. Not surprisingly, the popular newspapers had a field day responding to the public's insatiable appetite for news about the upper-crust rowdies and their unsavory pasts. In Playboys and Mayfair Men, Angus McLaren recounts the violent robbery and sensational trial that followed. He uses the case as a hook to draw the reader into a revelatory exploration of key interwar social issues, from masculinity and cultural decadence to broader anxieties about moral decay. In his gripping depiction of Mayfair's celebrity high life, McLaren describes the crime in detail, as well as the police investigation, the suspects, their trial, and the aftermath of their convictions."--Book jacket. / True Crime. Robbery -- England -- London -- Case studies. Violent crimes -- England -- London -- Case studies. Criminals -- England -- London -- Case studies. Social classes -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century. Criminals. Robbery. Social classes.
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- Librería
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 93862
- Título
- Playboys and Mayfair Men: Cime, Cass, Masculinity, and Fascism in 1930s London
- Autor
- McLaren, Angus
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- ISBN 10
- 1421423472
- ISBN 13
- 9781421423470
- Editorial
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Lugar de publicación
- Baltimore
- Fecha de publicación
- 2017
- Catálogos del vendedor
- England;
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