Palaces of pleasure : from music halls to the seaside to football, how the Victorians invented mass entertainment /

The Victorians invented mass entertainment. As the nineteenth century's growing industrialized class acquired the funds and the free time to pursue leisure activities, their desires were satiated by determined entrepreneurs building new venues for popular amusement. Contrary to their reputation...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jackson, Lee, 1971- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2019]
Temas:
1800-1899
Amusements > Great Britain > 19th century.
Leisure industry > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Performing arts > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Loisirs > Industrie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Arts du spectacle > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
GAMES > Reference.
GAMES > Travel Games.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Amusements.
Leisure.
Manners and customs.
Performing arts.
Recreation.
Great Britain > History > Victoria, 1837-1901.
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1837-1901 (Victoria)
Grande-Bretagne > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
Great Britain.
History.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction or, Expensive and dangerous amusements
  • The gin palace or, The abodes of suicide
  • The free-and-easy or, The glorious Apollo
  • The music hall or, He slept on the piano
  • The dancing-room or, The way of the whirled
  • The pleasure garden or, The midnight roysterers
  • The exhibition ground or, The city of side-shows
  • The seaside or, A triumphal car for Neptune
  • The football field or, To brutalise the game
  • Conclusion or, The murderer of thought.

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