LEADER 04248nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910779144803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-89012-7 010 $a0-8122-0171-X 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812201710 035 $a(CKB)2550000000104512 035 $a(OCoLC)609321313 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10576040 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000676367 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11390214 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000676367 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10678631 035 $a(PQKB)10389080 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse3147 035 $a(DE-B1597)449024 035 $a(OCoLC)1013956156 035 $a(OCoLC)1037981314 035 $a(OCoLC)1041971229 035 $a(OCoLC)1046613863 035 $a(OCoLC)1046997549 035 $a(OCoLC)1049627828 035 $a(OCoLC)1054882051 035 $a(OCoLC)979748015 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812201710 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441600 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10576040 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL420262 035 $a(OCoLC)842695067 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441600 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000104512 100 $a20040826d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe march of spare time$b[electronic resource] $ethe problem and promise of leisure in the Great Depression /$fSusan Currell 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (243 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-2125-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [191]-221) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction: The Re-creation of Leisure --$tChapter 1 The Problem and Promise --$tChapter 2 Preparing for Spare Time --$tChapter 3 National Recovery of Recreation --$tChapter 4 The March of Culture --$tChapter 5 Shopping for Leisure --$tChapter 6 Motion Pictures and Dance Halls --$tChapter 7 Mate Selection --$tConclusion: The Leisured World of Tomorrow, Today --$tNotes --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aIn The March of Spare Time, Susan Currell explores how and why leisure became an object of such intense interest, concern, and surveillance during the Great Depression. As Americans experienced record high levels of unemployment, leisure was thought by reformers, policy makers, social scientists, physicians, labor unions, and even artists to be both a cause of and a solution to society's most entrenched ills. Of all the problems that faced America in the 1930's, only leisure seemed to offer a panacea for the rest. The problem centered on divided opinions over what constituted proper versus improper use of leisure time. On the one hand, sociologists and reformers excoriated as improper such leisure activities as gambling, loafing, and drinking. On the other, the Works Progress Administration and the newly professionalized recreation experts promoted proper leisure activities such as reading, sports, and arts and crafts. Such attention gave rise to new ideas about how Americans should spend their free time to better themselves and their nation. These ideas were propagated in social science publications and proliferated into the wider cultural sphere. Films, fiction, and radio also engaged with new ideas about leisure, more extensively than has previously been recognized. In examining this wide spectrum of opinion, Currell offers the first full-scale account of the fears and hopes surrounding leisure in the 1930's, one that will be an important addition to the cultural history of the period. 606 $aDepressions$y1929$zUnited States 606 $aLeisure$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y1933-1945 610 $aAmerican History. 610 $aAmerican Studies. 610 $aPublic Policy. 615 0$aDepressions 615 0$aLeisure$xHistory 676 $a790.1/0973/09043 700 $aCurrell$b Susan$01469230 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779144803321 996 $aThe march of spare time$93757944 997 $aUNINA