Working at play : a history of vacations in the United States / Cindy S. Aron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aron, Cindy Sondik, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vacations--United States--History.

Vacations.

United States--Social life and customs.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

History of vacations in the United States

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text chronicles the history of vacationing in America since the early 19th century. It is concerned with how, when, and why vacationing came to be part of life, charting this social and cultural institution as it grew from the custom of a small elite in to a mass phenomenon.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Recuperation and Recreation: The Pursuit of Health and Genteel Pleasures; 2 "Summer hotels are everywhere . . .": A Flood of Vacationers; 3 "through the streets in bathing costumes": Resort Vacations, 1850-1900; 4 "No late hours, no headache in the morning . . .": Self-Improvement Vacations; 5 "a jaunt . . . agreeable and instructive": The Vacationer as Tourist; 6 "Unfashionable, but for once happy!": Camping Vacations; Part Two: Into the Twentieth Century; 7 "Vacations do not appeal to them . . .": Extending Vacations to the Working Class

8 Crossing Class and Racial Boundaries: Vacationing in the Early Twentieth Century9 "It's worthwhile to get something from your holiday": Vacationing During the Depression; Epilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-314) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-76012-5

0-19-536363-9

OCLC:

476016197