Violent Victorians

Popular entertainment in nineteenth-century London

Nonfiction, History, British
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Author: Rosalind Crone ISBN: 9781847794703
Publisher: Manchester University Press Publication: January 18, 2013
Imprint: Manchester University Press Language: English
Author: Rosalind Crone
ISBN: 9781847794703
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication: January 18, 2013
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Language: English

First book to bring together the wide range of violent entertainments that characterised popular culture in nineteenth-century London and seriously assesses their origins, functions and impact. Draws upon the methodologies of social and cultural history to better understand the texture of Victorian society, and the mental world of the lower orders.

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First book to bring together the wide range of violent entertainments that characterised popular culture in nineteenth-century London and seriously assesses their origins, functions and impact. Draws upon the methodologies of social and cultural history to better understand the texture of Victorian society, and the mental world of the lower orders.

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