Author: British MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British MuseumCatalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Associations, institutions, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Catalogue of Publications of Societies and of Periodical Works Belonging to the Smithsonian Institution, January 1, 1866
Author: Smithsonian InstitutionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Learned institutions and societies
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Bibliography of the College
Author: Massachusetts Agricultural CollegePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: The Cumulative Book Index
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
A world list of books in the English language.
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
Author: The Monthly Cumulative Book Index
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1344
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the Geological Society of London
Author: Geological Society of London. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Killing Time
Author: Scott C. MartinPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 0822970430
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Scott C. Martin examines leisure as a “contested cultural space” in which nineteenth-century Americans articulated and developed ideas about ethnicity, class, gender, and community. This new perspective demonstrates how leisure and sociability mediated the transition from an agricultural to an industrial society. Martin argues persuasively that southwestern Pennsylvanians used leisure activities to create identities and define values in a society being transformed by market expansion. The transportation revolution brought new commercial entertainments and recreational opportunities but also fragmented and privatized customary patterns of communal leisure. By using leisure as a window on the rapid changes sweeping through the region, Martin shows how southwestern Pennsylvanians used voluntary associations, private parties, and public gatherings to construct social identities better suited to their altered circumstances. The prosperous middle class devised amusements to distinguish them from workers who, in turn, resisted reformersÆ attempts to constrain their use of free time. Ethnic and racial minorities used holiday observances and traditional celebrations to define their place in American society, while women tested the boundaries of the domestic sphere through participation in church fairs, commercial recreation, and other leisure activities. This study illuminates the cultural history of the region and offers broader insights into perceptions of free time, leisure, and community in antebellum America.