Susan Barton

Working-class organisations and popular tourism, 1840-1970

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Produktbeschreibung

This study of working class tourism examines the evolution of the English holiday over two centuries, charting workers forms of travel from â trampingâ and the â artisanâ s grand tourâ to day tripping and package holidays abroad. -- .

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Produktdetails

• Studies in Popular Culture
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 530g
• ISBN-13: 9780719065903
• ISBN-10: 0719065909
• Artikelnr.: 21862819

Autorenporträt

Susan Barton studied for her PhD at de Montfort University in Leicester. Her research focuses on social history, particularly the history of tourism

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Introduction 1. No Grand Tours - tourism before 1850 2. Workers
and the Great Exhibition - the origins of the package holiday 3. Holidays
without pay 4. Collective bargaining for holidays with pay 5. Accommodation
for working class visitors 6. Holidays and the state - planning for
workers' needs after the Holidays with Pay Act 7. Brits abroad Conclusion
Bibliography