Masculinity and the Metropolis of Vice, 1550-1650

by Roze Hentschell, Amanda Bailey, R Hentschell

Book Overview

Leading authors in the field of early modern studies explore a range of bad behaviours - like binge drinking, dicing, and procuring prostitutes at barbershops - in order to challenge the notion that early modern London was a corrupt city that ruined innocent young men.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349384992
• ISBN13: 9781349384990
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"