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Leisure in Britain, 1780-1939 / John K. Walton, James Walvin, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 1983.Description: 241 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 071900912X
  • 071901946X (pbk.)
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Contents:
"The oddest combination of town and country" : popular culture and the London fairs, 1800-60 / Mark Judd -- The cinema and cinema-going in Birmingham in the 1930s / Jeffrey Richards -- The performing arts in Newcastle upon Tyne, 1840-70 / Kathleen Barker -- Oldham wakes / Robert Poole -- Popular musical culture and popular politics in the Yorkshire textile districts, 1880-1914 / Dave Russell -- Crewe : leisure in a railway town / Allan Redfern -- The corporation as impresario : the municipal provision of entertainment in Victorian and Edwardian 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.
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Books Books VWML Gift Off-site storage (3-4 working days needed to retrieve). GN 20 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Reference only (3-4 working days notice needed. Contact a member of staff.) Donated by Reg Hall 20868

Includes bibliographical references.

"The oddest combination of town and country" : popular culture and the London fairs, 1800-60 / Mark Judd -- The cinema and cinema-going in Birmingham in the 1930s / Jeffrey Richards -- The performing arts in Newcastle upon Tyne, 1840-70 / Kathleen Barker -- Oldham wakes / Robert Poole -- Popular musical culture and popular politics in the Yorkshire textile districts, 1880-1914 / Dave Russell -- Crewe : leisure in a railway town / Allan Redfern -- The corporation as impresario : the municipal provision of entertainment in Victorian and Edwardian 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.

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