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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. -- .

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9780719086854

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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 -- Jennifer Wallis. Reviews in History 20120628 illuminating, well-researched and persuasively argued...In sum an absorbing, lively read. Clive Emsley , BBC History, 01/08/2012 -- Clive Emsley. BBC History 20120801

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 -- Jennifer Wallis. Reviews in History 20120628 illuminating, well-researched and persuasively argued...In sum an absorbing, lively read. Clive Emsley , BBC History, 01/08/2012 -- Clive Emsley. BBC History 20120801 This is a stimulating book, well illustrated and a lively and creative cover. Drew Gray, The London Journal, Vol. 37 No. 3, November 2012 -- Drew Gray. The London Journal 20121103

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 20120628

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Rosalind Crone is Lecturer in History at the Open University.

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