Human Interest: On Deborah Cohen’s “Last Call at the Hotel Imperial”
Thomas J. Sojka considers Deborah Cohen’s study of five US journalists immediately before World War II.
Thomas J. Sojka (@tomsojka) is a PhD candidate in history at Boston University, where he researches elite sociability, party going, and gossip in 1920s and 1930s Britain.
Thomas J. Sojka considers Deborah Cohen’s study of five US journalists immediately before World War II.
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