Leisure and class in Victorian England : rational recreation and the contest for control, 1830-1885

Author(s)

• Bailey, Peter

Bibliographic Information

Leisure and class in Victorian England : rational recreation and the contest for control, 1830-1885

P. Bailey

（Studies in social history / editor, Harold Perkin, 13）

Routledge, 2007

• : hardcover

Note

First published in 1978

Revision of: Thesis--University of British Columbia, 1974

Bibliography: p. 229-247

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

First published in 2006. Part of the Studies in Social History series, this volume looks at leisure and class in Victorian England, 1830-85, including topics of popular recreation, middle class and working class differences and rational recreation for the masses and the case of Victorian Music Halls in the entertainment industry.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Popular Recreation in the Early Victorian Town
• Chapter 2 Rational Recreation: Voices of Improvement
• Chapter 3 The New Leisure World of the Mid-Victorians: the Expansion of Middle-class Recreation, its Practice and Problems
• Chapter 4 Dispensing Recreation to the Masses in the New Leisure World
• Chapter 5 Rational Recreation in Operation: the Working Men's Club Movement
• Chapter 6 Rational Recreation and the New Athleticism
• Chapter 7 Rational Recreation and the Entertainment Industry: the Case of the Victorian Music Halls
• conclusion Conclusions

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Details

• NCID: BA89542302
• ISBN:
  • 9780415412957
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 260 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Recreation -- England -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Working class -- Recreation -- England -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Middle class -- Recreation -- England -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00541809