Bright Young People
The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
Format: Book
Edition: First American edition.
Description: xvi, 361 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
A historical assessment of the bohemian socialites of 1920s London traces their half-century dominance over the Western world's social scene and the ways in which they inspired the works of such authors as Evelyn Waugh and Nancy Mitford, in an account that also explores their hidden struggles with wartime tragedies and addiction.
Subjects:
Children of the rich -- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Bohemianism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Anxiety in youth -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945.
Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Children of the rich -- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Bohemianism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Anxiety in youth -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945.
Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
ISBN:
0374116830
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SOCIAL SCI Age Group Tay | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |
"Originally published by Chatto & Windus, a division of the Random House Group Limited, in Great Britain in 2007"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [329]-345) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [329]-345) and index.