Abstract

Introduction: contextualising leisure history 1. Jeffrey Hill - Leisure and historiography in twentieth-century Britain 2. Allison Abra - The evolution of popular dancing in Britain in the 1920s 3. Brad Beaven - Mass commercial leisure and working-class cultures in 1930s Britain 4. Sandra Dawson - Selling the circus: Englishness, circus fans and democracy in Britain, 1920-45 5. Kelly Boyd - The western and British identity on British Television in the 1950s 6. Brett Bebber - 'The misuse of leisure': football violence, politics and family values in 1970s Britain 7. Chad Martin - Permissive claptrap: cannabis law and the legacy of the 1960s 8. Cecile Doustaly - Women and leisure in Britain: a socio-historical approach to twentieth-century trends Index

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