Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. A Note on Money xi
6. Introduction OR, EXPENSIVE AND DANGEROUS AMUSEMENTS 1
7. I. THE GIN PALACE or, The Abodes of Suicide 6
8. II. THE FREE-AND-EASY or, The Glorious Apollo 32
9. III. THE MUSIC HALL or, He Slept on the Piano 56
10. IV. THE DANCING-ROOM or, The Way of the Whirled 95
11. V. THE PLEASURE GARDEN or, The Midnight Roysterers 121
12. VI. THE EXHIBITION GROUND or, The City of Side-Shows 147
13. VII. THE SEASIDE or, A Triumphal Car for Neptune 184
14. VIII. THE FOOTBALL FIELD or, To Brutalise the Game 219
15. CONCLUSION or, The Murderer of Thought 246
16. Endnotes 260
17. Bibliography 287
18. Index 297