This collection of essays addresses 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. It provides an excellent entry to leisure studies and history, while addressing the contributions of other disciplines and exploring key historiographical trends. Three broad topics structure the collection; cultural contestation and social conflict in leisure; regulation and standardisation; and national identity embodied in leisure and popular culture.

The book will be useful to students and educators of twentieth-century and British history, as it offers accessible and topical studies that pique historical curiosity. In addition, historians, sociologists and cultural analysts of the twentieth century will find it essential for understanding pleasure and recreation in twentieth-century British society.

About the Author
Brett Bebber is Assistant Professor of History at Old Dominion University

Reviews

'A valuable contribution to leisure history. It deserves to be included on reading lists and study guides relating to 20th-century leisure and sports history courses.'
John Griffiths, Reviews in History, June 2013

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Book Information
ISBN 9781784993511
Author Brett Bebber
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publisher Manchester University Press
Weight(grams) 322g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 12mm