Violent Victorians

Violent VictoriansFirst 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.

A global history of couple dancing in commercial venues in the era of the two world wars

Details contemporary debates about the purpose of history teaching and the influence of late-Victorian and Edwardian educational culture

An annotated anthology of the ever-fascinating tradition of Decadence in 19th-century writing

useful to historians

drawing on over twenty-five years of work by the author in Northern Ireland and elsewhere

teaching and writing

personal style blogs exploded onto the scene in the mid-2000s giving voice to young and stylish writers who had their own unique take on the seasonal fashion cycle and how to curate an individual style within the shifting swirl of trends

Musicians on Twitch examines the emergence of the ‘musician-streamer’

Through a series of thematic chapters and in-depth national case studies

The clarity and breadth of each presentation makes this especially valuable for all concerned in education

This collection is an important contribution to the literature on global public health and international development

These two important contrasting poems