Leisure, citizenship and working-class men in Britain, 1850-1945 / Brad Beaven.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beaven, Brad, author.

Series:

Studies in popular culture (Manchester, England)

Studies in popular culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class men--Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century.

Working class men.

Working class men--Great Britain--Social life and customs--20th century.

Leisure--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Leisure.

Leisure--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 258 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Working-class culture has often been depicted by historians as a fragmented entity lacking any significant cultural contestation. This title challenges such assumptions, examining gender, class and cultural issues in Britain between 1850 and 1945.

Contents:

9780719060274; 9780719060274; Copyright; Contents; General editor's foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Rational recreation and thecreation of the model citizen,c. 1850-1914; 2 The era of mass leisure:the pleasure-seeking citizen; 3 Fearing for the Empire:male youth, work and leisure,1870-1914; 4 Male leisure in the industrialsuburb, 1918-39: the riseof 'suburban neurosis'?; 5 Male youth, work and leisure,1918-39: a continuity in lifestyle; 6 The era of masscommunication: workingclassmale leisure and 'good'citizenship between the wars

7 Male leisure and citizenship in the Second World WarConclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-84779-360-6

OCLC:

818847153