Leisure and Cultural Conflict in Twentieth-Century Britain

Informationen zum Autor Brett Bebber is Assistant Professor of History at Old Dominion University Klappentext A collection of articles addressing research trends in the history of British leisure while also presenting a wide range of articles on cultural conflict and leisure in the twentieth century. It includes innovative research on a number of topics, including television, cinema, the circus, women's leisure, dance, football and drug culture. Zusammenfassung A collection of articles addressing research trends in the history of British leisure while also presenting a wide range of articles on cultural conflict and leisure in the twentieth century. It includes innovative research on a number of topics, including television, cinema, the circus, women’s leisure, dance, football and drug culture. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: contextualising leisure history1. Jeffrey Hill - Leisure and historiography in twentieth-century Britain2. Allison Abra - The evolution of popular dancing in Britain in the 1920s3. Brad Beaven - Mass commercial leisure and working-class cultures in 1930s Britain4. Sandra Dawson - Selling the circus: Englishness, circus fans and democracy in Britain, 1920-455. Kelly Boyd - The western and British identity on British Television in the 1950s6. Brett Bebber - 'The misuse of leisure': football violence, politics and family values in 1970s Britain7. Chad Martin - Permissive claptrap: cannabis law and the legacy of the 1960s8. Cécile Doustaly - Women and leisure in Britain: a socio-historical approach to twentieth-century trendsIndex

Product details

• Authors: Brett Bebber
• Assisted by: Brett Bebber (Editor), Bebber Brett (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.04.2016
• EAN: 9781784993511
• ISBN: 978-1-78499-351-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Studies in Popular Culture; Studies in Popular Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; European History, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history