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| Title: | Profits Over Patriotism: Black Market Crime in World War II Sydney |
| Authors: | Blum, Timothy Department of History |
| Keywords: | Sydney black-market WWII moral regulation white-collar economy |
| Issue Date: | 2011 |
| Abstract: | This thesis examines the multi-faceted phenomenon of black market crime in World War II Sydney. Using previously classified archives, coupled with oral sources and newspaper articles I provide a complete survey of this phenomenon. As a concept the black market was a social construct with a level of stigma attached to offenders that would not exist in peace time. This was moral policing. I begin by discussing the relationship between the geography and morals of the city. Both women and men in Sydney related to the black market differently. I outline and evaluate the official response to the problem. I also examine broader community attitudes in relation to this issue. The research provided here should form the basis for a more comprehensive understanding of white-collar crime and the moral regulation of behaviour. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7985 |
| Department/Unit/Centre: | Department of History |
| Appears in Collections: | Honours Theses - Department of History |
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