02785nam 2200565Ia 450 991045087030332120200520144314.01-280-76012-50-19-536363-9(CKB)1000000000407858(EBL)273416(OCoLC)476016197(SSID)ssj0000313591(PQKBManifestationID)12133092(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000313591(PQKBWorkID)10363397(PQKB)11649094(MiAaPQ)EBC273416(Au-PeEL)EBL273416(CaPaEBR)ebr10279394(CaONFJC)MIL76012(EXLCZ)99100000000040785819980514d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWorking at play[electronic resource] a history of vacations in the United States /Cindy S. AronNew York Oxford University Pressc19991 online resource (337 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-505584-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-314) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Recuperation and Recreation: The Pursuit of Health and Genteel Pleasures; 2 "Summer hotels are everywhere . . .": A Flood of Vacationers; 3 "through the streets in bathing costumes": Resort Vacations, 1850-1900; 4 "No late hours, no headache in the morning . . .": Self-Improvement Vacations; 5 "a jaunt . . . agreeable and instructive": The Vacationer as Tourist; 6 "Unfashionable, but for once happy!": Camping Vacations; Part Two: Into the Twentieth Century; 7 "Vacations do not appeal to them . . .": Extending Vacations to the Working Class8 Crossing Class and Racial Boundaries: Vacationing in the Early Twentieth Century9 "It's worthwhile to get something from your holiday": Vacationing During the Depression; Epilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; YThis text chronicles the history of vacationing in America since the early 19th century. It is concerned with how, when, and why vacationing came to be part of life, charting this social and cultural institution as it grew from the custom of a small elite in to a mass phenomenon.VacationsUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesSocial life and customsElectronic books.VacationsHistory.973Aron Cindy Sondik1945-516365MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450870303321Working at play847616UNINA