Civilizing the Urban - Popular Culture and Public Space in Merthyr, C.1870-1914

Klappentext Early industrial Merthyr is synonymous with the darker side of the British urban experience. This work considers the efforts of dedicated civic "boosters" to civilize the town's public spaces and its inhabitants and shows how this vision of Merthyr depended on the taming of popular culture.Early industrial Merthyr is synonymous with the darker side of the British urban experience. This work considers the efforts of dedicated civic "boosters" to civilize the town's public spaces and its inhabitants and shows how this vision of Merthyr depended on the taming of popular culture.

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• Authors: Andy Croll, Andy Croll, Croll Andy
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.12.2000
• EAN: 9780708316375
• ISBN: 978-0-7083-1637-5
• No. of pages: 330
• Series: Studies in Welsh History S.; Studies in Welsh History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Wales, C, 1914, Space, Culture, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, European History, Urban, Public, 1870, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Wales, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Merthyr, popular, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, Civilizing