WORKTOWNERS AT BLACKPOOL by Gary Cross ( 9780415040716 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

WORKTOWNERS AT BLACKPOOL
MASS-OBSERVATION AND POPULAR LEISURE IN THE 1930S

By:

Gary Cross

Format:

Hardback

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£135.00

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ISBN 10:

041504071X

ISBN 13:

9780415040716

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

4 October, 1990

Pages:

252

Description:

This volume records the findings of a largely-forgotten social study, conducted in 1937 by the "Mass-Observation" organization, which followed the annual summer pilgrimage of Lancashire labourers to Blackpool, hoping to discover what attracted workers to this centre of Victorian culture.

Synopsis:

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.

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47 tables

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Routledge

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