Consuming passions : leisure and pleasure in Victorian Britain
Flanders, Judith2007
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By the close of the 19th century, the Industrial Revolution had brought with it not just factories, railways, mines and machines but also fashion, travel, leisure and pleasure. This book explores this revolution in science, technology and industry - and how a world of thrilling sensation and theatricality was born.
Main title:
Consuming passions : leisure and pleasure in Victorian Britain / Judith Flanders.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Harper Perennial, 2007.
Collation:
xvii, 604 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: HarperPress, 2006.Includes bibliographical references (p. 501-548) and index.
ISBN:
9780007172962 (pbk)
Dewey class:
941.081
Language:
English
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BRN:
282590