Leisure and Pleasure

Type

Book

Authors

Caroline Daley

ISBN 10

186940291X

ISBN 13

9781869402914

Tags

Australia & New Zealand, Historical Study & Educational Resources, Customs & Traditions, Popular Culture, Sociology

Description

While many advocated bodily improvement for the sake of the nation's well-being, Daley shows that not everyone was motivated by such civic desires. The pleasure gained from looking and being looked at, from having fun in the surf and sand or on the swings and roundabouts, is an understudied aspect of our past. - from Amzon

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