Title On holidays : a history of getting away in Australia / Richard White ; with Sarah-Jane Ballard ... {et al.]

Published North Melbourne, Vic. : Pluto Press Australia, 2005

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Description xvii, 233 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm regular print Contents Ch. 1. Prelude to a holiday: 1768-1771 -- Ch. 2. Making work, making leisure: to 1850 -- Ch. 3. Are we there yet? making the Australian holiday: 1850-1914 -- Ch. 4. Mountain climbing and social climbing: 1914-1945 -- Ch. 5. The heyday of the holiday: 1945-1975 -- Ch. 6. Remaking work and leisure: 1975-2005 Summary A lively history of the Australian experience of going on holidays that examines both the emergence of particular traditions and behaviours from the summer station, to staying with the rels on the farm or the beach shack by the sea to caravanning and package holidays. Examines relationship between leisure and work Analysis Leave Leisure activities Working hours Social change History Sociology: leisure (Australia) Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography Subject Vacations -- Australia -- History. Leisure -- Australia -- History. SUBJECT Australia -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009579 Australia -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114315 Genre/Form History. Author Ballard, Sarah-Jane LC no. 2005412405 ISBN 1864033207

Other Titles History of getting away in Australia

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