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Dangerous amusements

Leisure, the young working class and urban space in Britain, c. 1870-1939

By Laura Harrison

Dangerous amusements
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  • ISBN: 9781526147875
  • Publish Date: Jun 2022
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
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  • ISBN: 9781526147868
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    In neighbourhoods and public spaces across Britain, young working people walked out together, congregated in the streets, and paraded up and down on the 'monkey parades'. The beginnings of a distinct youth culture can be traced to the late nineteenth century, and the street and neighbourhood provided its forum. Dangerous amusements explores these sites of leisure and courtship, examining how young working-class men and women engaged with their environment. Drawing on an extensive range of sources, from newspapers and institutional records to oral histories and autobiography, this book traces the movements of young people across space. Exploring the relationship between the leisure lives of the young working class and urban space, this book offers a sensitive reappraisal of working-class youth and will be essential reading for historians of modern Britain.

    Contents

    Introduction
    Part I: Leisure and the young working class
    1 Leisure, courtship and the young working class
    2 'The need for wholesome influences is great': rational recreation
    Part II: Youthful leisure and the urban landscape
    3 Home, neighbourhood and community
    4 Regulating youthful leisure: streets and public space
    5 Walking in the city: the 'monkey parades'
    Conclusion
    Index

    Author

    Laura Harrison is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at the University of the West of England, Bristol

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