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