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Author Metcalfe, Alan.

Title Leisure and recreation in a Victorian mining community [electronic resource] : the social economy of leisure in north-east England, 1820-1914 / Alan Metcalfe.

Imprint London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xvi, 204 p. : ill.
Series Sport in the global society
Sport in the global society.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [184]-197) and index.
Contents The social context : East Northumberland, 1820-1914 -- Non-sporting leisure during the nineteenth century -- The strength of tradition -- The transformation of traditional sports -- New sports for new times -- Football : a symbol of sport in East Northumberland.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Working class -- Recreation -- England -- Northumberland -- History -- 19th century.
Miners -- Recreation -- England -- Northumberland -- History -- 19th century.
Leisure -- England -- Northumberland -- History -- 19th century.
Recreation -- England -- Northumberland -- History -- 19th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0415356970 (hardback)
9780415356978 (hardback)

 
    
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