| Worktowners at Blackpool: Mass-Observation and Popular Leisure in the 1930s Contributor(s): Cross, Gary (Author) |
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ISBN: 041504071X ISBN-13: 9780415040716 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $180.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1990 Annotation: The Mass-Observers (an English research collective formed in 1937), chronicled the behavior of crowds in the steets and pubs, the meaning of sidewalk freakshows and dance hall music, and sexual interactions and social aspirations of these Depression era workers. b /b b i Worktowners at Blackpool /i /b is a valuable document of social history, and a unique study of the anthropology of industrial life. |
| 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 |
| LCCN: 89049693 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.17 lbs) 252 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - District of Columbia - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - South Atlantic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| 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. |