Amusements of the people : the provision of recreation in Leicester, 1850-1914

The thesis takes as its subject the development of cultural forms and institutions, exploring constraints on the exercise of choice in the use of non-work time in an evolving capitalist society. By means of a local study, it aims to describe relationships between aspects of popular recreation, espec...

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Main Author: Crump, Jeremy
Published: University of Warwick 1985
Subjects:
900
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.356756