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The spiv and the architect : unruly life in postwar London / Richard Hornsey.

Author/creator Hornsey, Richard Quentin Donald
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press,
Description310 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Homosexuality--England --London --History --20th century.
Reconstruction (1939-1951)--England --London.
Urban policy--England --London --History --20th century.
London (England)--Social conditions --20th century.
London (England)--Social life and customs --20th century.
Contents Introduction: social modernism and male homosexuality in postwar London -- Reconstructing everyday life in the atomic age -- The perversity of the zigzag: the criminality of queer urban desire -- Trial by photobooth: the public face of the homosexual citizen -- Of public libraries and paperbacks: the sexual geographies of reading -- Life in the cybernetic bedsit: interior design and the homosexual self -- Conclusion: city of any dream.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 265-291) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009052922
ISBN9780816653140 (alk. paper)
ISBN0816653143 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780816653157 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0816653151 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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