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Leisure in England, 1790-1939 / edited by John K. Walton and James Walvin.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Leisure--England.
- Leisure.
- England.
- England--Popular culture.
- Popular culture.
- Physical Description:
- 241 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester [Greater Manchester] ; Dover, N.H. : Manchester University Press, [1983]
- Contents:
- "The oddest combination of town and country" : popular culture and th0 London fairs, 1800-1860 / Mark Judd
- The cinema and cinema-going in Birmingham in the 1930s / Jeffrey Richards
- The performing arts in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1840-1870 / Kathleen Barker
- Oldham wakes / Robert Poole
- Popular musical culture and popular politics in the Yorkshire textile districts, 1880-1914 / David Russell
- Crewe, leisure in a railway town / A. Redfern
- The Barnum of Bournemouth / Richard Roberts
- Municipal government and the holiday industry in Blackpool, 1876-1914 / John K. Walton
- Victorian and Edwardian Ilfracombe / F.B. May
- Reading in the working-class home / David Vincent
- Children's pleasures / James Walvin.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 071900912X
- OCLC:
- 82040118
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