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.
| ISBN: | 9781138327009 |
| Publication date: | 13th May 2020 |
| Author: | Stephen G Jones |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 306 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Library Editions: The Labour Movement |
| Genres: |
History Social and cultural history |