Working-Class Organisations and Popular Tourism, 1840-1970

Informationen zum Autor Susan Barton studied for her PhD at de Montfort University in Leicester. Her research focuses on social history, particularly the history of tourism Klappentext This study of working class tourism examines the evolution of the English holiday over two centuries, charting workers forms of travel from 'tramping' and the 'artisan's grand tour' to day tripping and package holidays abroad. Zusammenfassung This study of working class tourism examines the evolution of the English holiday over two centuries, charting workers forms of travel from ‘tramping’ and the ‘artisan’s grand tour’ to day tripping and package holidays abroad. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsIntroduction1. No Grand Tours - tourism before 1850 2. Workers and the Great Exhibition - the origins of the package holiday3. Holidays without pay4. Collective bargaining for holidays with pay5. Accommodation for working class visitors6. Holidays and the state - planning for workers' needs after the Holidays with Pay Act7. Brits abroadConclusion Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Susan Barton
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.03.2005
• EAN: 9780719065903
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-6590-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Studies in Popular Culture; Studies in Popular Culture (Ha; Studies in Popular Culture; Studies in Popular Culture (Ha
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)