Masculinity, Class and Same-Sex Desire in Industrial England, 1895-1957

Helen Smith is Lecturer in Twentieth Century British History at the University of Lincoln, UK, and has shared her research with the public through appearing on TV and Radio, writing for the press and working with a theatre company. She has also published the chapter 'Love, Sex, Work and Friendship: Northern Working-Class Men and Sexuality in the First Half of the Twentieth Century' in Love and Romance in Britain, 1918-1970, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2014.

1. Introduction 2. Policing and Prosecutions 3. Working-Class Culture 4. Work and Family 5. Sex 6. Language 7. Conclusion