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Eight Hours for What We Will: Workers and Leisure in an Industrial City, 1870–1920 - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History Roy Rosenzweig
Eight Hours for What We Will: Workers and Leisure in an Industrial City, 1870–1920 - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History
Roy Rosenzweig
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.
320 pages, 2tabs.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 31, 1985 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521313971 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 320 |
| Dimensions | 229 × 151 × 23 mm · 526 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Fogel, Robert |
| Series Editor | Thernstrom, Stephan |
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