Smoking in British Popular Culture 1800-2000: Perfect Pleasures (Studies in Popular Culture) by Matthew Hilton

Author: Matthew Hilton
eBook Title: Smoking in British Popular Culture 1800-2000: Perfect Pleasures (Studies in Popular Culture)
ISBN10: 0719052564
ISBN13: 978-0719052569
Language: English
Publisher: Manchester University Press (September 2, 2000)
Category: History
Subcategory: Europe
Size ePub vers.: 1447 kb
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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.