Leisure and recreation in a Victorian mining community
Subtitle: the social economy of leisure in north-east England, 1820-1914
By: Alan Metcalfe.
Series: Sport in the global society
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
Subjects: Working class -- Recreation -- England -- Northumberland -- History -- 19th century; Miners -- Recreation -- England -- Northumberland -- History -- 19th century; Leisure -- England -- Northumberland -- History -- 19th century; Recreation -- England -- Northumberland -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The social context : East Northumberland, 1820-1914; title: Non-sporting leisure during the nineteenth century; title: The strength of tradition; title: The transformation of traditional sports; title: New sports for new times; title: Football : a symbol of sport in East Northumberland.