Leisure, citizenship and working-class men in Britain, 1850-1945 [[electronic resource] /] / Brad Beaven

• Autore: Beaven Brad
• Pubblicazione: Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press; New York, : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (271 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.38/962094109034
• Soggetto topico: Men - Great Britain - Social life and customs - 19th century; Men - Great Britain - Social life and customs - 20th century; Working class - Great Britain - Social life and customs - 19th century; Working class - Great Britain - Social life and customs - 20th century; Leisure - Social aspects - Great Britain - History - 19th century; Leisure - Social aspects - Great Britain - History - 20th century
• Soggetto non controllato: British society; association football; citizenship; drink; early Edwardian era; late Victorian era; male leisure; music hall; suburbanization; war; working-class males
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-255) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 9780719060274; 9780719060274; Copyright; Contents; General editor's foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Rational recreation and thecreation of the model citizen,c. 1850-1914; 2 The era of mass leisure:the pleasure-seeking citizen; 3 Fearing for the Empire:male youth, work and leisure,1870-1914; 4 Male leisure in the industrialsuburb, 1918-39: the riseof 'suburban neurosis'?; 5 Male youth, work and leisure,1918-39: a continuity in lifestyle; 6 The era of masscommunication: workingclassmale leisure and 'good'citizenship between the wars ; 7 Male leisure and citizenship in the Second World WarConclusion; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Working-class culture has often been depicted by historians as an atomised and fragmented entity lacking any significant cultural contestation. Drawing on a wealth of primary and secondary source material, this book powerfully challenges these recent assumptions and places social class centre stage once more. Arguing that there was a remarkable continuity in male working-class culture between 1850 and 1945, Beaven contends that despite changing socio-economic contexts, male working-class culture continued to draw on a tradition of active participation and cultural contestation that was both cl
• Titolo autorizzato: Leisure, citizenship and working-class men in Britain, 1850-1945
• ISBN: 1-84779-360-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786206003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in popular culture (Manchester, England)