Worktowners at Blackpool: Mass-Observation and Popular Leisure in the 1930s Contributor(s): Cross, Gary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415755379 ISBN-13: 9780415755375 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Travel | United States - South - South Atlantic (dc, De, Fl, Ga, Md, Nc, Sc, Va, Wv) - Social Science | Sociology - General - History |
Dewey: 917.53 |
Physical Information: 252 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Geographic Orientation - District of Columbia |
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Publisher Description: Gary Cross publishes the findings of this largely forgotten study by the Mass-Observers who followed the annual pilgrimage of labourers to Blackpool, hoping to discover what attracted workers to this centre of Victorian culture. |