Eight Hours for What We Will: Workers and Leisure in an Industrial City, 1870-1920 Tapa blanda - 1985

Cambridge University Press, 1994. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:9780521313971

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986. Card covers in tidy condition, spine slightly sunned, 304pp. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

UsedGood. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.

Cambridge University Press, 1985. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1996. Reprint. Softcover. Fine Condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Labor; ISBN: 052131397x. ISBN/EAN: 9780521313971. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 21957. . 9780521313971

Cambridge University Press, 1986. 2nd Reprint. . Soft cover. Very Good. pp.304 with index clean tight copy but for pgs. 10 & 12 with a couple of lines highlighted in pink slight corner wear Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Clean, unread copy. No marking or writing in the book. Covers are clean and show no wear.

Softcover volume, measuring approximately 6.25" x 9.25", displays very light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and bright. xi/304 pages."In the first comprehensive study of American working-class recreation, Professor Rosenzweig takes us to the saloons, the ethnic and church picnics, the parks and playgrounds, the amusement parks, and the movie houses where industrial workers spent their leisure hours. Focusing on the city of Worcester, Massachusetts, he describes the profound changes that popular leisure underwent. Explaining what these pastimes and amusements tell us about the nature of working-class culture and class relations in this era, he demonstrates that in order fully to understand the working class experience it is necessary to explore the realm of leisure. For what workers did in the corner saloon, the neighbourhood park, the fraternal lodge hall, the amusement park, and the nickelodeon had a good deal of bearing on what happened inside the factories, the union halls, and the… Leer más

Cambridge University Press. paperback. Very Good. 6x1x9. Pages are clean with no markings. Ships promptly.