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Author: Gary Cross (Distinguished Professor of Modern History, Pennsylvania State University) ,
John Walton (University of Central Lancashire)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.610kg
ISBN: 9780231127240
ISBN 10: 0231127243
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 18 October 2005
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Language: English
Reviews
"""This book, which is vividly and engagingly written, makes a major contribution to our knowledge and understanding of a cultural phenomenon."" -- The Times Higher Education Supplement ""...A fascinating account of the changing nature of the pleasure-seeking crowd in the US and Britain during the twentieth century."" -- Brad Beaven, University of Portsmouth, Institute of Historical Research (UK) ""Engaging... fascinating... excellent... a model of collaborative scholarship, this book contributes much to the history of twentieth-century amusements."" -- Susan Currell, The American Historical Review "" The Playful Crowd succeeds admirably, both as comparative history and as a study of popular leisure."" -- Scott C. Martin, Journal of Social History ""A valuable book for students studying pleasure, leisure, and tourism."" -- Auvo Kostiainen, Annals of Tourism Research"
Social history at its best... Essential. -- Choice This book, which is vividly and engagingly written, makes a major contribution to our knowledge and understanding of a cultural phenomenon. -- The Times Higher Education Supplement ...A fascinating account of the changing nature of the pleasure-seeking crowd in the US and Britain during the twentieth century. -- Brad Beaven, University of Portsmouth, Institute of Historical Research (UK) Engaging... fascinating... excellent... a model of collaborative scholarship, this book contributes much to the history of twentieth-century amusements. -- Susan Currell, The American Historical Review The Playful Crowd succeeds admirably, both as comparative history and as a study of popular leisure. -- Scott C. Martin, Journal of Social History A valuable book for students studying pleasure, leisure, and tourism. -- Auvo Kostiainen, Annals of Tourism Research The Playful Crowd does what few studies of leisure have attempted--compare tourism across time and space. -- Thomas A. Chambers, Niagara University, Winterthur Portfolio
Author Information
Gary S. Cross is professor of history at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of several titles, including An All-Consuming Century: Why Commercialism Won in Modern America (Columbia, 2000).John K. Walton is professor of social history at the University of Central Lancashire. His most recent book is The British Seaside: Holidays and Resorts in the Twentieth Century. Gary Cross is professor of history at Penn State and the author of An All-Consuming Century (CUP, 2000); Time and Money: The Making of Consumerist Modernity (Routledge, 1993; A Quest for Time: The Reduction of Work in Britain and France, 1840-1940 (University of California Press, 1989) and A Social History of Leisure since 1600 (Venture, 1990) Gary Cross is professor of history at Penn State and the author of An All-Consuming Century (CUP, 2000); Time and Money: The Making of Consumerist Modernity (Routledge, 1993; A Quest for Time: The Reduction of Work in Britain and France, 1840-1940 (University of California Press, 1989) and A Social History of Leisure since 1600 (Venture, 1990)
