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 |
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.
Workers at Play features in the following genres: History, Social and cultural history
Workers at Play is available in Paperback, Ebook, Hardback
Workers at Play was written by Stephen G Jones and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Workers at Play has 306 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Library Editions: The Labour Movement series
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