Smoking in British popular culture 1800-2000: Perfect Pleasures (Studies in Popular Culture) - Softcover

Hilton, Matthew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0719052572 ISBN 13: 9780719052576

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2000

Synopsis

This book is a concise history of smoking in British popular culture from the early 19th century to the present day. It explores the culture of the pipe and the cigar in the 19th century, the role of the cigarette in the mass market economy of the early 20th century, and the politics of smoking and health since the 1950s. Combining a wide range of historical sources with examples drawn from film and popular literature, it provides a comprehensive social, cultural, and economic history of smoking.

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..."its elegant handling of a wide range of cultural and economic sources illuminateİs¨...popular consumption."--Frank Mort, American Historical Review
.,."its elegant handling of a wide range of cultural and economic sources illuminate[s]...popular consumption."--Frank Mort, American Historical Review
."..its elegant handling of a wide range of cultural and economic sources illuminate[s]...popular consumption."--Frank Mort, American Historical Review
..".its elegant handling of a wide range of cultural and economic sources illuminate[s]...popular consumption."--Frank Mort, American Historical Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0719052572
• ISBN 13: 9780719052576
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304