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

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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 desires were satiated by determined entrepreneurs building new venues for popular amusement. Contrary to their reputation as d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jackson, Lee, 1971- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Amusements > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Leisure industry > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Performing arts > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Amusements.
Leisure industry.
Performing arts.
Great Britain.
1800-1899
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xii, 304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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