The seaside, health and the environment in England and Wales since 1800
By: John Hassan
Series: Modern economic and social history series
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Aldershot, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Bathing beaches -- Health aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Bathing beaches -- Health aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Seaside resorts -- Environmental aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Seaside resorts -- Environmental aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Ocean -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Ocean -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Description: "This study explores the ways in which English seaside resorts continually reinvented themselves to take account of contemporary trends in popular leisure and maintain their hold on the public's imagination. Particular account is paid to the interwar years when new obsessions with outdoor activities such as sunbathing and tanning were purposefully adopted by the industry to define the modern image of the resort holiday."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-291) and index