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Autore |
Abrams Lynn |
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Titolo |
Workers' culture in imperial Germany : leisure and recreation in the Rhineland and Westphalia / / Lynn Abrams |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992 |
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ISBN |
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1-138-00663-7 |
1-134-90255-7 |
1-280-32621-2 |
0-203-18135-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Working class - Recreation - Germany - History |
Popular culture - Germany - History |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; A Time and Place for Leisure; Time and inclination; The ability to pay; The Industrialization of Popular Culture; The working-class parish fair; Conflicts and resolutions; The segregation of festival culture; Socialist festival culture; Blueprint for the future; The Lubricant of Leisure; Workplace drinking; Drink and the family; Drink and the labour movement; Cultural aid to social stimulant; From the Street to the Stage; The taming of popular entertainment; Tingel-Tangels and music halls; The dance craze; Real entertainment |
The Organization of LeisureThe beginnings of associational life; An 'alternative' associational movement; Club life; Spontaneity to organization; The Struggle for Control; Useful pursuits; Lungs of the city; Social reform or social control?; From Control to Commercialization; The rise of the cinema; Commercial culture versus working-class culture; The triumph of commercial culture?; Conclusions: a Working-Class Leisure Culture?; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This comprehensive historical analysis of the emergence of Germany's modern leisure industry also provides a major contribution to the social |
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