British Railway Enthusiasm by Ian Carter
The first book to study railway enthusiasts in Britain. The postwar train spotting craze swept most boys (and some girls, despite railways being coded as a male business) into a passion for railways. These people invigorated different sectors in railway enthusiasms life world - from railway modelling to Britains huge preserved railway industry. -- .-
The British seaside
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Women's Leisure in England 192060
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Scotland and the music hall, 18501914
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Railways and culture in Britain
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Christmas in Nineteenth-Century England
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Leisure, Citizenship and WorkingClass Men in Britain, 18501940
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Juke box Britain
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Cricket and Broadcasting
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Time, work and leisure
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Holiday Camps in Twentieth-Century Britain
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The BBC and National Identity in Britain, 1922-53
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Looking North
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From silent screen to multi-screen
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The Romance of Adventure
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Hard Sell
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History on British Television
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Leisure and Cultural Conflict in Twentieth-Century Britain
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Cinema and Radio in Britain and America, 192060
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Leisure cultures in urban Europe, c.1700-1870
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Cinemas and Cinemagoing in Wartime Britain, 1939-45
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Women Drinking out in Britain Since the Early Twentieth Century
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Amateur Film
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The Experience of Suburban Modernity
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Heroes and Happy Endings
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Politics, Performance and Popular Culture
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The Food Companions
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London calling Italy
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Dancing in the English Style
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Healthy Living in the Alps
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Songs of Protest, Songs of Love
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Darts in England, 1900-39
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Ladies First
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Entertaining the empire
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Worlds of the ring
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Growing Up and Going out
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The Car and British Society
"This is a magnificent achievementIt is entertaining, erudite, witty, wise, thorough and fascinating. This is a remarkable book about a remarkable phenomenon. "Dr Douglas Reid, University of Hull"
Ian Carter is Professor of Sociology at the University of Auckland
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| ISBN 13 | 9780719065668 |
| ISBN 10 | 0719065666 |
| Title | British Railway Enthusiasm |
| Author | Ian Carter |
| Series | Studies In Popular Culture |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press |
| Year published | 2008-03-31 |
| Number of pages | 328 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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