Workers at Play. A social and economic history of leisure, 1918-1939

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Author(s) Jones, Stephen G
Publication type Monograph
Year published 1986
Pages 286pp; illus
Publisher Routledge & Kegan Paul
Place Published London

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Scholarly work which 'explores the world of interwar leisure activities in Britain ... to show that the period was crucial in the evolution of modern forms of leisure'. Has chapters; 'Demand for leisure'; 'Commercialization and growth of the leisure industry'; 'Leisure provision in the voluntary sector'; 'State provision - the role of central and municipal authorities'; 'Work, leisure and unemployment'; 'The labour movement and working class leisure'; 'The politics of leisure'