The British Seaside: Holidays and Resorts in the Twentieth Century
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The British Seaside: Holidays and Resorts in the Twentieth Century
By (Author) John K. Walton
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
17th August 2000
United Kingdom
Classifications
Physical Properties
Paperback
224
Width 234mm, Height 156mm
Description
The annual seaside holiday became a common experience in Britain in the 1950s and 1960s and it has a central place in popular memory. Its recent decline has prompted nostalgia and gloom across the media, with a spate of newspaper features every summer bemoaning its decline. This is the first detailed academic cultural study of the rise and fall of the seaside holiday in Britain. This book offers an entertaining and broad interpretation of the holidays and resorts. -- .
Author Bio
Jeffrey Richards is Emeritus Professor of Cultural History at Lancaster University
