Violent Victorians : popular entertainment in nineteenth-century London / Rosalind Crone.
Violent Victorians : popular entertainment in nineteenth-century London / Rosalind Crone.
Violent Victorians : popular entertainment in nineteenth-century London / Rosalind Crone.
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Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2012.
Date
2012.
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G 2013/1686
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English
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304 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
London 1800-1850 : coping with change, expressing resistance -- About town with Mr Punch -- From scaffold culture to the cult of the murderer -- The 'blood-stained stage' revisited -- Selling Sweeney Todd to the masses -- The rise of modern crime reporting -- Epilogue : 1870--the civilizing moment?
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Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2012.
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England
Date Published
2012.
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We are often told that the Victorians were far less violent than their forbears: over the course of the nineteenth century, violent sports were mostly outlawed, violent crime, including homicide, notably declined, and punishments were hidden from public view within prison walls. They were also much more respectable, and actively sought orderly, upl...
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Violent Victorians : popular entertainment in nineteenth-century London / Rosalind Crone.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2013/1686
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74Vvl4M2VZrO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvl4M2VZrO
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9780719086854 (pbk.)
9780719086847
0719086841
071908685X
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306
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991017511739702626
