| 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.
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.
