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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Main Author: Jackson, Lee, 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2019]
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