Title Bright young people : the lost generation of London's jazz age / D.J. Taylor.

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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.

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Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department	305.24 TAYLOR, D. J.	Check Shelf

Edition	First American edition.
Description	xvi, 361 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note	"Originally published in 2007 by Chatto & Windus, a division of the Random House Group Limited, Great Britain"--Title page verso.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-345) and index.
Contents	Prologue: Dionysius in Mayfair -- 1. Figures in a landscape: the Burra line -- 2. The Society racket -- 3. Young men on the make: London 1924-28: Mr. Pryce-Jones's connections -- 4. Parents and children -- 5. The Revolt into style: Elizabeth in parties -- 6. Partygoing: 1929: On the margin: Inez -- 7. Success and failure: Two Portraits: the meaning of gossip -- 8. Decline and fall: 1930-31: the books Brian never wrote -- 9. Celebrity Culture -- 10. Gay young people: the Byronic manner -- 11. After the dance: 1931-39 -- 12. Projections: Miss Mitford's tone -- 13. Gone to Report: 1940 and After -- Appendix: "Darling Eddie ... Love B."
Summary	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.
Subject	Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945.
	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 conditions -- 20th century.
	Anxiety in youth. (OCoLC)fst00810991
	Bohemianism. (OCoLC)fst00835564
	Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
	Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
	Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN	9780374116835 (alkaline paper)
	0374116830 (alkaline paper)

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