Class, leisure and national identity in British children's literature, 1918-1950 /
"In Britain, the years after 1918 witnessed an explosion of interest in the pursuit of leisure, which, after the austerity and restrictions of the First World War, was increasingly viewed as a right for all. With limited resources, particularly of space, the provision for, and impact of leisure...
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Language: | English |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2014.
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Series: | Critical approaches to children's literature.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. A Very Fuzzy Set-Defining Camping and Tramping Fiction
- 3. The Delights of the Open Road, Footloose and Fancy Free
- 4. Landscape and Tourism in the Camping and Tramping Countryside
- 5. Mapping the Geographical Imagination
- 6. The Family Sailing Story
- 7. England Expects: The Nelson Tradition and the Politics of Service in Naval Cadet and Family Sailing Stories
- 8. Conclusion: A Disappearing Act
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.