Working at play [[electronic resource] ] : a history of vacations in the United States / / Cindy S. Aron

• Autore: Aron Cindy Sondik <1945->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, c1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Disciplina: 973
• Soggetto topico: Vacations - United States - History
• Soggetto geografico: United States Social life and customs
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-314) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Class ; 8 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; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Working at play
• ISBN: 1-280-76012-5; 0-19-536363-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450870303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II