Palaces of Pleasure: From Music Halls to the Seaside to Football, How the Victorians Invented Mass Entertainment
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An energetic and exhilarating account of the Victorian entertainment industry, its extraordinary success and enduring impact 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 every whim was satisfied by entrepreneurs building new venues for popular amusement. Contrary to their reputation as dour, buttoned-up prudes,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:030022463X
ISBN13:9780300224634
Release Date:June 2019
Publisher:Yale University Press
Length:320 Pages
Weight:1.60 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 6.1" x 9.3"
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