On Holidays
Subtitle: A History of Getting Away in Australia
Publisher: Pluto Press (Australia)
Published: January 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9781864033205
Subjects: Popular Culture - General; Pop Arts / Pop Culture
Description: A lively history of the Australian experience of going on holidays that examines both the emergence of particular traditions and behaviours from the summer station, to staying with the rels on the farm or the beach shack by the sea to caravanning and package holidays. Examines relationship between leisure and work.