Classified: The Secret History of the Personal Column by Harry Cocks

Dr Harry Cocks, a lecturer in the School of History, has just published a book telling the story of how we finally learned to love the personal ad.

Classified — The Secret History of the Personal Column unearths the hidden history of the modern personal ad and the internet profile — from the ‘lonely soldiers’ of the First World War, to the single typists looking for love in the 1920s, through to the swingers of the 1960s and the social networking sites and chat rooms of the 21st century.

Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Random House Books

ISBN-10: 1847945007
ISBN-13: 978-1847945006