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Time, Work and Leisure: Life Changes in England Since 1700
Hugh Cunningham
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This book traces the history of the relationship between work and leisure, from the 'leisure preference' of male workers in the eighteenth century, through the increase in working hours in the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, to their progressive decline from 1830 to 1970. It examines how trade union action was critical in achieving the decline; how class structured the experience of leisure; how male identity was shaped by both work and leisure; how, in a society that placed high value on work, a 'leisured class' was nevertheless at the apex of political and social power - until it ... Read more
This book traces the history of the relationship between work and leisure, from the 'leisure preference' of male workers in the eighteenth century, through the increase in working hours in the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, to their progressive decline from 1830 to 1970. It examines how trade union action was critical in achieving the decline; how class structured the experience of leisure; how male identity was shaped by both work and leisure; how, in a society that placed high value on work, a 'leisured class' was nevertheless at the apex of political and social power - until it ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Studies in Popular Culture
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784993559
SKU
V9781784993559
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Ref
99-15
About Hugh Cunningham
Hugh Cunningham is Emeritus Professor of Social History at the University of Kent -- .
Reviews for Time, Work and Leisure: Life Changes in England Since 1700
Time, Work and Leisure is a pleasure to read, and should find a wide audience, including undergraduate students and even policymakers. Cunningham strikes a good balance between descriptive narrative and a Thompsonian use of a wider range of primary sources, from poetry to first-hand narratives to employer screeds, workers' time-diaries, and government statistics. Moreover, he does an excellent job historically ... Read more