Title Leisure and recreation in a Victorian mining community : the social economy of leisure in north-east England, 1820-1914 / Alan Metcalfe.

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Description	1 online resource.
	text file
Series	Sport in the global society
	Sport in the global society.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	A detailed account of the central role of recreation in the lives of the working class in the north-east of England, showing how it was an essential relief from the hard living and working conditions of Victorian and Edwardian mining communities.
Contents	The social context : East Northumberland, 1820-1914 -- Non-sporting leisure during the nineteenth century -- The strength of tradition -- The transformation of traditional sports -- New sports for new times -- Football : a symbol of sport in East Northumberland.
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Subject	Working class -- Recreation -- England -- Northumberland -- History -- 19th century.
	Working class -- Recreation.
	England -- Northumberland.
	History.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Working class.
	Miners -- Recreation -- England -- Northumberland -- History -- 19th century.
	Leisure -- England -- Northumberland -- History -- 19th century.
	Leisure.
	Recreation -- England -- Northumberland -- History -- 19th century.
	Recreation.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Metcalfe, Alan. Leisure and recreation in a Victorian mining community. London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2005 (DLC) 2005005969
ISBN	0203002962 (electronic book)
	9780203002964 (electronic book)
	0415356970 (Cloth)
	9780415356978 (hardback)