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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154310703321

Autore

Cunningham Hugh

Titolo

Time, work and leisure : life changes in England since 1700

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2014

ISBN

1-78170-681-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 225 pages)

Collana

Studies in popular culture Time, work and leisure

Disciplina

331.25/72

Soggetti

Leisure - History - England

Work-life balance - History - England

Social Sciences

Recreation & Sports

England Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Hugh Cunningham traces the history of the relationship between work and leisure, from the 'leisure preference' of male workers in the 18th century, through the increase in working hours in the later 18th and early 19th centuries, to their progressive decline from 1830 to 1970.