Recreation and the sea
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Recreation and the sea
(Exeter maritime studies, 13)
University of Exeter Press, 1997
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Leisure studies have become an increasingly important area of research within social history. In six original essays and an Introduction by established historians, RECREATION AND THE SEA focuses on the theme of the sea and leisure activities in England and Continental Europe.
Table of Contents
Changing attitudes in England towards sea-bathing, 1730s-1914, John Travis
The seaside resorts of Western Europe, 1750-1939, John Walton
Coastal tourism in Cornwall since 1900, Paul Thornton
Seaside resort strategies - the case of interwar Torquay, Nigel Morgan
The rise of English yachting revisited, 1640-1827, Janet Cusak
The emergence of middle-class yachting in the north-west of England from the later 19th century, Roger Ryan.
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