Front Matter

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures vi
4. List of acronyms vii
5. Acknowledgements viii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 A new form of leisure 15
8. 2 New regions and new anxieties 43
9. 3 Councils, committees and the perils of the cinema 64
10. 4 Wartime concerns and local anxieties 103
11. 5 The changing landscape of the post-war world 137
12. 6 Local alliances in a permissive decade 164
13. 7 New categories, new permissions 191
14. 8 New boundaries and new regions 228
15. Conclusions 250
16. Films cited 255
17. Bibliography 259
18. Index 269