Holiday Camps in Twentieth-Century Britain: Packaging Pleasure
Sandra Dawson
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Description for Holiday Camps in Twentieth-Century Britain: Packaging Pleasure
Hardback. This book tells the fascinating story of the Butlin and Warner holiday camp chains that emerged in the 1930s. The camps became a cultural phenomenon deeply enmeshed in the social and cultural history of twentieth century Britain. Series Editor(s): Richards, Jeffrey. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBTB; JHBS; KNSP. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
This book is the story of two holiday camp chains established in the 1930s that provided thousands with packaged pleasure. Warner and Butlin’s commercial camps emerged at the intersection of cultural shifts that politicised working-class leisure and consumption. Entertainment fostered in the post-war camps provided a forum for popular pleasure that reinforced the idea of a ‘national’ culture grown from the common experience of war.
Butlin and Warner, the big commercial chains of the 50s and 60s, are enmeshed in our social and cultural history. Dawson uncovers the significance of the holiday camps to the political, economic, social, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Popular Culture
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719080715
SKU
V9780719080715
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Ref
99-1
About Sandra Dawson
Sandra Dawson is an Instructor in History and Women’s Studies at Northern Illinois University -- .
Reviews for Holiday Camps in Twentieth-Century Britain: Packaging Pleasure
'This is an excellent book that examines the history of holiday camps and paid holidays.' Brad Beaven, English Historical Review, vol 128, no 530, February 2013
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