| Description |
xvii, 604 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
From Arcadia to Arcade: the great exhibition -- 'A nation of shopkeepers': the eighteenth-century shop -- The ladies' (and gents') paradise: the nineteenth-century shop -- Read all about it: buying the news -- Penny a line: books and the reading public -- To travel hopefully: holidays and tourism -- The greatest shows on earth? -- Penny plain, tuppence coloured: the theatrical spectacular -- Going for a song: the music market -- Going, going: art and the market -- Sporting life -- Visions of sugar plums: a Christmas coda. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-548) and index. |
| Subject |
Leisure -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901.
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| ISBN |
9780007172955 hardback |
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0007172958 hardback |
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