Author : Laura Harrison
Release : 2022-06-14
Genre : History
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Dangerous amusements - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dangerous amusements write by Laura Harrison. This book was released on 2022-06-14. Dangerous amusements available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In neighbourhoods and public spaces across Britain, young working people walked out together, congregated in the streets, and paraded up and down on the ‘monkey parades’. The beginnings of a distinct youth culture can be traced to the late nineteenth century, and the street and neighbourhood provided its forum. Dangerous amusements explores these sites of leisure and courtship, examining how young working-class men and women engaged with their environment. Drawing on an extensive range of sources, from newspapers and institutional records to oral histories and autobiography, this book traces the movements of young people across space. Exploring the relationship between the leisure lives of the young working class and urban space, this book offers a sensitive reappraisal of working-class youth and will be essential reading for historians of modern Britain.