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London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1978. BOOK: Corners, Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Moderate Moisture Damage (Mildewed Appearance and Odour); Edges Moderately Soiled. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Moderate Fading Due to Sun Exposure; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SYNOPSIS: This study examines the transformation of popular leisure from 1830 to 1885 and the middle class schemes for "rational recreation", which attempted to reform the leisure habits and amenities of the working classes. It is based on extensive reading of contemporary periodicals, the specialist press, government reports and social commentaries on working class life, much of it previously unused by researchers, and draws on local evidence. After describing the lively state of working class recreations and the social problem that they represented to contemporary reformers, Peter Bailey explores the phenomenon of the new leisure world which overtook Victorian society from the middle… Read More