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1 Rational recreation and the creation of the model citizen, c. 1850–1914

Abstract

This chapter investigates the impact that rational recreation had upon working-males' leisure, during a period in which there was a heightened awareness of citizenship with the dawning of a newly democratic age. The rational recreationalists' desire to create the model citizen through the reformation of working-class leisure habits stemmed from a number of factors. The origins of rational recreation lay in the instruction and improvement societies that were formed as an antidote to the emergence of working-class political agitation during the 1830s and 1840s. The Times's optimistic 1867 editorial which predicted that the working man would, with middle-class guidance, mature into a 'civilised' member of the community laid in ruins by the late 1880s. The Times reflected a growing pessimism in the British society, which was aggravated by both domestic and foreign affairs.

Abstract

This chapter investigates the impact that rational recreation had upon working-males' leisure, during a period in which there was a heightened awareness of citizenship with the dawning of a newly democratic age. The rational recreationalists' desire to create the model citizen through the reformation of working-class leisure habits stemmed from a number of factors. The origins of rational recreation lay in the instruction and improvement societies that were formed as an antidote to the emergence of working-class political agitation during the 1830s and 1840s. The Times's optimistic 1867 editorial which predicted that the working man would, with middle-class guidance, mature into a 'civilised' member of the community laid in ruins by the late 1880s. The Times reflected a growing pessimism in the British society, which was aggravated by both domestic and foreign affairs.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Front matter i
  2. Series introduction v
  3. Dedication vi
  4. Contents vii
  5. General editor’s foreword ix
  6. Acknowledgements xi
  7. Introduction 1
  8. 1 Rational recreation and the creation of the model citizen, c. 1850–1914 16
  9. 2 The era of mass leisure 44
  10. 3 Fearing for the Empire 88
  11. 4 Male leisure in the industrial suburb, 1918–39 125
  12. 5 Male youth, work and leisure, 1918–39 155
  13. 6 The era of mass communication 180
  14. 7 Male leisure and citizenship in the Second World War 211
  15. Conclusion 235
  16. Bibliography 239
  17. Index 256
Leisure, citizenship and working–class men in Britain, 1850–1940
Ein Kapitel aus dem Buch Leisure, citizenship and working–class men in Britain, 1850–1940
https://doi.org/10.7765/9781847793607.00008

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Front matter i
  2. Series introduction v
  3. Dedication vi
  4. Contents vii
  5. General editor’s foreword ix
  6. Acknowledgements xi
  7. Introduction 1
  8. 1 Rational recreation and the creation of the model citizen, c. 1850–1914 16
  9. 2 The era of mass leisure 44
  10. 3 Fearing for the Empire 88
  11. 4 Male leisure in the industrial suburb, 1918–39 125
  12. 5 Male youth, work and leisure, 1918–39 155
  13. 6 The era of mass communication 180
  14. 7 Male leisure and citizenship in the Second World War 211
  15. Conclusion 235
  16. Bibliography 239
  17. Index 256
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