1st Edition
Leisure and Recreation in a Victorian Mining Community The Social Economy of Leisure in North-East England, 1820-1914
By Alan Metcalfe
Copyright 2006
222 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
224 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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'Amusements they must have, or life would hardly be worth living...' Newcastle Weekly Chronicle, 1895
This text explores life in the mining villages of the north-east of England in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries - a time of massive social and industrial change. The sporting lives of these communities are often marginalized by historians, but this thoroughly researched account... Read more
Table of Contents
List of Plates
Acknowledgements
Map of East Northumberland
Introduction
Chapter 1 - The Social Context: East Northumberland, 1820-1914
Chapter 2 - Non-Sporting Leisure During the Nineteenth Century
Chapter 3 - The Strength of Tradition
Chapter 4 - The Transformation of Traditional Sports
Chapter 5 - New Sports for New Times
Chapter 6 - Football: A Symbol of Sport in East Northumberland
Conclusion
Bibliography
Notes
Biography
Alan Metcalfe
Nothing reveals more glaringly the limitations of braod generalisations about a 'working class' or a 'working class culture' than a close apprasial of particular working class communities. Northern History, University of Leeds
