Leisure and Class in Victorian England
Rational recreation and the contest for control, 1830-1885
1st Edition
Published on 14. January 2014
272 pages
978-1-317-97360-7 (ISBN)
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
0,87 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-317-97360-7 (9781317973607)
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Leisure and Class in Victorian England
Rational recreation and the contest for control, 1830-1885
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Leisure and Class in Victorian England
Rational recreation and the contest for control, 1830-1885
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Content
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;
