Peter Bailey

Leisure and Class in Victorian England

Rational recreation and the contest for control, 1830-1885

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 421g
• ISBN-13: 9780415611381
• ISBN-10: 0415611385
• Artikelnr.: 36933290

Autorenporträt

P. Bailey

Inhaltsangabe

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