Social Stratification & Social Classes, Social Sciences - General & Miscellaneous, Labor & Politics

Worktowners at Blackpool

Name: Worktowners at Blackpool
Author: Gary Cross
ISBN: 9780415040716

by Gary Cross

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Overview

The Mass-Observers (an English research collective formed in 1937), chronicled the behavior of crowds in the steets and pubs, the meaning of sidewalk freakshows and dance hall music, and sexual interactions and social aspirations of these Depression era workers. Worktowners at Blackpool is a valuable document of social history, and a unique study of the anthropology of industrial life.

Synopsis

Gary Cross publishes the findings of this largely forgotten study by the Mass-Observers who followed the annual pilgrimage of labourers to Blackpool, hoping to discover what attracted workers to this centre of Victorian culture.