Working at play : a history of vacations in the United States

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Working at play : a history of vacations in the United States

Cindy S. Aron

Oxford University Press, 2001, c1999

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-314) and index

"First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2001"--T.p. verso

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内容説明

In Working at Play, Aron offers the first full-length history of how Americans have vacationed. In the early 19th century, Aron shows, vacations were taken for health more than for fun, as the wealthy travelled to watering places, seeking cures for everything from consumption to rheumatism. But starting in the 1850s the growth of a white-collar middle class and the expansion of railroads made vacationing a mainstream activity. Aron charts this growth with grace and insight, tracing the rise of new vacation spots as the nation and the middle class blossomed.

目次

Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Inventing Vacations 1: Recuperation and Recreation: The Pursuit of Health and Genteel Pleasures 2: "Summer hotels are everywhere": A Flood of 4: "No late hours, no headache in the morning": Self-Improvement Vacations 5: "a jaunt... agreeable and instructive": The Vacationer as Tourist 6: "Unfashionable, but for once happy!": Camping Vacations Part Two: Into the Twentieth Century 7: "Vacations do not appeal to them": Extending Vacations to the Working Class 8: Crossing Class and Racial Boundaries: Vacationing in the Early Twentieth Century 9: "It's worthwhile to get something from your holiday": Vacationing During the Depression Epilogue Notes Index

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