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Pleasures Pastimes In Victorian Britain
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Author : Pamela Horn
language : en
Publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing
Release Date : 1999
Pleasures Pastimes In Victorian Britain written by Pamela Horn and has been published by Alan Sutton Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
It was a paradox of 19th-century Britain that while work was the bedrock upon which the Victorian vision of progress and improvement was constructed, the years between 1837 and 1901 also saw the greatest upsurge in leisure pursuits hitherto witnessed. This book deals with the pleasures and pastimes enjoyed by the Victorians, setting the various activities enjoyed into the context of the growth of leisure time and changes in occupational structure, as well as the increasing concentration of people in urban society. It reveals how a more structured approach to leisure came about throughout the period, with the creation of parks, libraries, art galleries and museums. Greater literacy widened horizons, while technological change also had its effect in making available cheap books, newspapers and musical instruments.
Pleasures And Pastimes In Victorian Britain
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Author : Pamela Horn
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2011-06-15
Pleasures And Pastimes In Victorian Britain written by Pamela Horn and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-15 with History categories.
Richly illustrated with artwork and contemporary cartoons, this is a fascinating and engaging account of a neglected aspect of Victorian life.
Consuming Passions
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Author : Judith Flanders
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2006
Consuming Passions written by Judith Flanders and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
This book presents a delightful and fascinating social history of Victorians at leisure, told through the letters, diaries, journals and novels of 19th-century men and women from the author of the bestselling The Victorian House. Imagine a world where only one in five people owns a book, where just one in ten has a knife or a fork - a world where five people out of every six do not own a cup to hold a hot drink. That was what England was like in the early eighteenth century. Yet by the close of the nineteenth century, the Industrial Revolution had brought with it not just factories, railways, mines and machines but also brought fashion, travel, leisure and pleasure. Leisure became an industry, a cornucopia of excitement for the masses. And it was spread by newspapers, by advertising, by promotions and publicity - all eighteenth, not twentieth century creations.
Pleasures And Pastimes In Tudor England
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Author : Alison Sim
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2011-11-08
Pleasures And Pastimes In Tudor England written by Alison Sim and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-08 with History categories.
How did the Tudors enjoy themselves? For the men and women of Tudor England there was, just as there is today, more to life than work. Four hundred years before the invention of television and radio, they did not lead boring or mundane lives. Indeed, in many ways the richness of Tudor entertainment shames us. While continuing the medieval tradition of tournament and pageantry, the Tudors also increasingly read and attended the theatre. Dancing and music were also popular, and were considered just as important as hunting and fighting for an ambitious Tudor's social skills. Church festivals provided the perfect excuse for revelry, and christenings and weddings were, as they are today, great social occasions. Here, Alison Sim explores the full range of entertainments enjoyed at that time covering everything from card games and bear baiting to interior design.
Palaces Of Pleasure
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Author : Lee Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2019-06-25
Palaces Of Pleasure written by Lee Jackson and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-25 with History categories.
An energetic and exhilarating account of the Victorian entertainment industry, its extraordinary success and enduring impact 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 every whim was satisfied by 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 attractions of the pleasure garden and international exposition, ranging from parachuting monkeys and human zoos to theme park thrill rides. 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, variety theater 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 modern entertainment industry.
Pleasures And Pastimes In Tudor England
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Author : Alison Sim
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Pleasures And Pastimes In Tudor England written by Alison Sim and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Amusements categories.
The Architecture Of Pleasure
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Author : Josephine Kane
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-03-16
The Architecture Of Pleasure written by Josephine Kane and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-16 with Architecture categories.
The amusement parks which first appeared in England at the turn of the twentieth century represent a startlingly novel and complex phenomenon, combining fantasy architecture, new technology, ersatz danger, spectacle and consumption in a new mass experience. Though drawing on a diverse range of existing leisure practices, the particular entertainment formula they offered marked a radical departure in terms of visual, experiential and cultural meanings. The huge, socially mixed crowds that flocked to the new parks did so purely in the pursuit of pleasure, which the amusement parks commodified in exhilarating new guises. Between 1906 and 1939, nearly 40 major amusement parks operated across Britain. By the outbreak of the Second World War, millions of people visited these sites each year. The amusement park had become a defining element in the architectural psychological pleasurescape of Britain. This book considers the relationship between popular modernity, pleasure and the amusement park landscape in Britain from 1900-1939. It argues that the amusement parks were understood as a new and distinct expression of modern times which redefined the concept of public pleasure for mass audiences. Focusing on three sites - Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Dreamland in Margate and Southend's Kursaal - the book contextualises their development with references to the wider amusement park world. The meanings of these sites are explored through a detailed examination of the spatial and architectural form taken by rides and other buildings. The rollercoaster - a defining symbol of the amusement park - is given particular focus, as is the extent to which discourses of class, gender and national identity were expressed through the design of these parks.
Leisure And Class In Victorian England
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Author : Peter Bailey
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-01-14
Leisure And Class In Victorian England written by Peter Bailey and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-14 with History categories.
First published in 2006. Part of the Studies in Social History series, this volume looks at leisure and class in Victorian England, 1830-85, including topics of popular recreation, middle class and working class differences and rational recreation for the masses and the case of Victorian Music Halls in the entertainment industry.
The Spice Of Life
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Author : Patrick Beaver
language : en
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Release Date : 1979-01-01
The Spice Of Life written by Patrick Beaver and has been published by Hamish Hamilton this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979-01-01 with Amusements categories.
Travel And Tourism In Britain 1700 1914 Vol 3
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Author : Susan Barton
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-12-16
Travel And Tourism In Britain 1700 1914 Vol 3 written by Susan Barton and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-16 with History categories.
The British led the way in holidaymaking. This four-volume primary resource collection brings together a diverse range of texts on the various forms of transport used by tourists, the destinations they visited, the role of entertainments and accommodation and how these affected the way that tourism evolved over two centuries. Volume 3: Seaside Holidays Over the course of the seventeenth century, medical writers and practitioners came to realise the health-giving properties of the seaside environment. By the early eighteenth century, this scientific interest was spreading to wealthy people in search of a rest cure. Bathing in the sea, drinking the waters and spending time in the bracing air became a widespread activity, and by the nineteenth century this had expanded thanks to extensive advertising and publicity about its beneficial effects. Specific forms of entertainment also developed, such as piers, aquaria, winter gardens and cinemas.
