| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 258 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in popular culture
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Studies in popular culture (Manchester, England)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-255) and index. |
| 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. |
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7 Male leisure and citizenship in the Second World WarConclusion; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Working-class culture has often been depicted by historians as an atomised and fragmented entity lacking any significant cultural contestation. Drawing on a wealth of primary and secondary source material, this book powerfully challenges these recent assumptions and places social class centre stage once more. Arguing that there was a remarkable continuity in male working-class culture between 1850 and 1945, Beaven contends that despite changing socio-economic contexts, male working-class culture continued to draw on a tradition of active participation and cultural contestation that was both cl. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Men -- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Men. |
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Great Britain. |
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Manners and customs. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Men -- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Working class -- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Working class. |
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Working class -- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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Leisure -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Leisure -- Social aspects. |
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History. |
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Leisure -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Men. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Beaven, Brad. Leisure, citizenship and working-class men in Britain, 1850-1945. Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2005 (DLC) 2005299720 |
| ISBN |
9781847793607 electronic book |
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1847793606 electronic book |
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0719060273 hardback |
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9780719060274 |
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