Broadcasting and the problem of enforced leisure during the 1930s

Leisure Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 463-477

  Bailey, Michael ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural citizenship; Government; Leisure; Regulation; The BBC; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LABOR MARKET; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STATE ROLE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34748922999     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: 14664496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02614360701198055     Document Type: Article

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