Title: Leisure, gender, and poverty : working-class culture in Salford and Manchester, 1900-1939 /
Authors: Davies, Andrew, 1962-
Publisher: Open University Press,
Year: 1992
Subjects: Working class England Manchester History; Working class England Salford (Greater Manchester) History; Popular culture England Manchester History; Popular culture England Salford (Greater Manchester) History; Salford (Greater Manchester, England) History
Contents: 1. Poverty. Poverty before the First World War. Poverty and unemployment between the wars. Poverty and 'human needs' -- 2. Men: Poverty, unemployment and the family. Poverty and the denial of leisure. Unemployment and the denial of leisure. Leisure as a 'cause' of poverty -- 3. Women: Housekeeping, leisure and independence. Time and money. Drink and respectability. Cinemas. Fortune-tellers and spiritualists -- 4. Young workers: Parents, police and freedom. Family economy and family relationships. Dance halls. Cinemas. Corner gangs. Monkey parades -- 5. Streets, markets and parks. Street life and neighbourhood relationships. Street entertainers and working-class charity. Street customs. Saturday night markets. Parks -- 6. Gambling. Back entry bookmakers and the police. Bookmakers and neighbourhood life. Gambling schools and working-class sports. Gambling and working-class culture -- Appendix 1: Occupational structure of Manchester and Salford, 1923-37.