Palaces of Pleasure from Music Halls to the Seaside to Football. How the Victorians invented mass entertainment
Details:
- Author(s) Jackson, Lee
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2019
- Pages 320pp; illus
- Publisher Yale University Press
- Place Published New Haven CT
Topics:
- Name Industrial exhibitions
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Notes:
Discusses the institutions established by commercial interests to cater for the mass entertainment of the aspiring Victorian classes, notably the working classes, with chapters covering: gin palaces; music halls; seaside resorts; football clubs; pleasure gardens; dance venues; international exhibitions