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02621aam a2200373Ii 4500 001 F9CD246C9C8E11E981649E3E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190702010117 008 180921t20192019ctuaf b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780300224634 020 $a 030022463X 035 $a (OCoLC)1052847839 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d ERASA $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d CDX $d OCLCO $d ZNS $d U3W $d IWA $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- 050 4 $a GV75 J33x 2019 082 04 $a 940.2 100 1 $a Jackson, Lee, $d 1971- 245 10 $a Palaces of pleasure : $b from music halls to the seaside to football, how the Victorians invented mass entertainment / $c Lee Jackson. 246 30 $a From music halls to the seaside to football, how the Victorians invented mass entertainment 264 1 $a New Haven : $b Yale University Press, $c [2019] 300 $a xii, 304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 24 cm 520 8 $a 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 dour, buttoned-up prudes, the Victorians reveled in these newly created "palaces of pleasure." In this vivid, captivating book, Lee Jackson charts the rise of well-known institutions such as gin palaces, music halls, seaside resorts and football clubs, as well as the more peculiar thrills of the pleasure-garden and international expo, from parachuting monkeys to human zoos. He explores how vibrant mass entertainment came to dominate leisure time and how the attempts of religious groups and secular improvers to curb "immorality" in the pub, music hall, and dance hall faltered in the face of commercial success. The Victorians' unbounded love of leisure created a nationally significant and influential economic force: the entertainment industry. 648 7 $a 1800-1899 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 650 0 $a Amusements $z Great Britain $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Leisure industry $z Great Britain $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Performing arts $z Great Britain $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History $y Victoria, 1837-1901. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Social life and customs $y 19th century. 941 $a 2 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012031341.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190806074001.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F9CD246C9C8E11E981649E3E97128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search