Leisure and Class in Victorian England: Rational recreation and the contest for control, 1830-1885

by Peter Bailey

Overview

First published in 2006. Part of the Studies in Social History series, this volume looks at leisure and class in Victorian England, 1830-85, including topics of popular recreation, middle class and working class differences and rational recreation for the masses and the case of Victorian Music Halls in the entertainment industry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415611381
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/08/2016
Series:	Studies in Social History
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	284
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Michael Morpurgo, the Children’s Laureate of Britain from 2003 to 2005, has written more than one hundred books and received numerous prestigious awards. He and his wife, Clare, founded the organization Farms for City Children. They live in Devon, England.

Peter Bailey has been illustrating books for more than thirty-five years and has worked with such authors as Philip Pullman, Dick King-Smith, and Allan Ahlberg. He lives in Liverpool, England.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Popular Recreation in the Early Victorian Town; Chapter 2 Rational Recreation: Voices of Improvement; Chapter 3 The New Leisure World of the Mid-Victorians: the Expansion of Middle-class Recreation, its Practice and Problems; Chapter 4 Dispensing Recreation to the Masses in the New Leisure World; Chapter 5 Rational Recreation in Operation: the Working Men's Club Movement; Chapter 6 Rational Recreation and the New Athleticism; Chapter 7 Rational Recreation and the Entertainment Industry: the Case of the Victorian Music Halls; conclusion Conclusions;