Workers at play : a social and economic history of leisure, 1918-1939
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Workers at play : a social and economic history of leisure, 1918-1939
(Routledge library editions, . The labour movement ; v. 17)
Routledge, 2019
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
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Note
Reprint. Originally published: London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1986
Set ISBN for subseries "The labour movement": 9781138324350
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-276) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
First published in 1986. This book explores developments in the cinema, sport, holidays, gambling, drinking and many more recreational activities, and situates working-class leisure within the determining economic and social context. In particular, the inventiveness of working people 'at play' is highlighted.
Drawing on an extensive range of source material, the book has a wide general appeal, and will be useful to those professionally concerned with leisure, as well as teachers and students of social history, and all those interested in the patterns of working-class life in the past.
Table of Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. The Demand for Leisure 2. Commercialization and the Growth of the Leisure Industry 3. Leisure Provision in the Voluntary Sector 4. State Provision: The Role of Central and Municipal Authorities 5. Work, Leisure and Unemployment 6. The Labour Movement and Working-Class Leisure 7. The Politics of Leisure
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
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