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London's West End : creating the pleasure district, 1800-1914 / Rohan McWilliam.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour)Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191862120 (ebook) :Subject(s): West End (London, England) -- History | Centers for the performing arts -- England -- London -- History | Central business districts -- England -- London -- HistoryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198823414DDC classification: 942.13 LOC classification: DA685.W5Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This history of the West End of London, shows how the nineteenth-century growth of theatres, opera houses, galleries, restaurants, department stores, casinos, exhibition centres, night clubs, street life, and the sex industry shaped modern culture and consumer society, and made London a world centre of entertainment and glamour.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
This edition also issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This history of the West End of London, shows how the nineteenth-century growth of theatres, opera houses, galleries, restaurants, department stores, casinos, exhibition centres, night clubs, street life, and the sex industry shaped modern culture and consumer society, and made London a world centre of entertainment and glamour.
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