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UNINA9910459472403321 |
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Autore |
Hornsey Richard Quentin Donald |
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Titolo |
The spiv and the architect [[electronic resource] ] : unruly life in postwar London / / Richard Hornsey |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-4529-4613-2 |
0-8166-7343-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (320 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Homosexuality - England - London - History - 20th century |
Reconstruction (1939-1951) - England - London |
Urban policy - England - London - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
London (England) Social conditions 20th century |
London (England) Social life and customs 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-291) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Explores how London's queer culture was influenced by postwar efforts to create model citizens |
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