Overview
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. -- .
Full Product Details
Author: Rosalind Crone ,
Rebecca Mortimer
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 13.80cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.522kg
ISBN: 9780719086847
ISBN 10: 0719086841
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 February 2012
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
<p> Rosalind Crone's Violent Victorians is the kind of book that should be on every undergraduate reading list for 19th-century studies. - Jennifer Wallis, Reviews in History , June 2012<br><br> Illuminating, well-researched and persuasively argued...In sum an absorbing, lively read. - Clive Emsley, BBC History , 01/08/2012<br><br> This is a stimulating book, well illustrated and a lively and creative cover. - Drew Gray, The London Journal , Vol. 37 No. 3, November 2012<br><br> A fascinating and important new study. - Richard M. Ward, Urban History , Vol. 40
Rosalind Crone's Violent Victorians is the kind of book that should be on every undergraduate reading list for 19th-century studies.' -- Jennifer Wallis, Reviews in History, 28/06/2012 illuminating, well-researched and persuasively argued...In sum an absorbing, lively read.' -- Clive Emsley, BBC History, 01/08/2012 This is a stimulating book, well illustrated and a lively and creative cover. -- Drew Gray, The London Journal, Vol. 37 No. 3, November 2012 A fascinating and important new study -- Richard M. Ward, Urban History, Vol. 40 Rosalind Crone's Violent Victorians is the kind of book that should be on every undergraduate reading list for 19th-century studies. - Jennifer Wallis, Reviews in History, June 2012 Illuminating, well-researched and persuasively argued...In sum an absorbing, lively read. - Clive Emsley, BBC History, 01/08/2012 This is a stimulating book, well illustrated and a lively and creative cover. - Drew Gray, The London Journal, Vol. 37 No. 3, November 2012 A fascinating and important new study. - Richard M. Ward, Urban History, Vol. 40
Rosalind Crone's Violent Victorians is the kind of book that should be on every undergraduate reading list for 19th-century studies.' -- Jennifer Wallis, Reviews in History, 28/06/2012illuminating, well-researched and persuasively argued...In sum an absorbing, lively read.' -- Clive Emsley, BBC History, 01/08/2012 This is a stimulating book, well illustrated and a lively and creative cover. -- Drew Gray, The London Journal, Vol. 37 No. 3, November 2012 A fascinating and important new study -- Richard M. Ward, Urban History, Vol. 40
Author Information
Rosalind Crone is Lecturer in History at the Open University.
