Palaces of pleasure : from music halls to the seaside to football, how the Victorians invented mass entertainment
Jackson, Lee, 1971-2019
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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, the Victorians reveled in these newly created 'palaces of pleasure'. In this book, Lee Jackson charts the rise of well-known institutions such as gin palaces, music halls, seaside resorts, and football clubs, as well as the more peculiar attractions of the pleasure garden and international exposition, ranging from parachuting monkeys and human zoos to theme park thrill rides.
Main title:
Author:
Jackson, Lee, 1971-, author
Imprint:
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2019.
Collation:
320 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780300224634 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
790.094109790.094790.0941790.094 JACK
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1102057