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Book Synopsis
Examines some of the most important performance in Britain and Northern Ireland from the mid-1980s into the new millennium. In a timely new critical approach, it considers contemporary British theatre in relation to national and supranational identities, concepts such as globalistion and diaspora, New Labour, devolution and European unification. -- .

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Table of Contents

Introduction
1. No Grand Tours - tourism before 1850
2. Workers and the Great Exhibition - the origins of the package holiday
3. Holidays without pay
4. Collective bargaining for holidays with pay
5. Accommodation for working class visitors
6. Holidays and the state - planning for workers’ needs after the Holidays with Pay Act
7. Brits abroad
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 4/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719065910, 978-0719065910
      ISBN10: 0719065917

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines some of the most important performance in Britain and Northern Ireland from the mid-1980s into the new millennium. In a timely new critical approach, it considers contemporary British theatre in relation to national and supranational identities, concepts such as globalistion and diaspora, New Labour, devolution and European unification. -- .

      Trade Review

      Barton’s study of tourism fills a niche that so far has been little examined'

      This fascinating study… has given us an admirable piece of social history.'

      -- .

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      1. No Grand Tours - tourism before 1850
      2. Workers and the Great Exhibition - the origins of the package holiday
      3. Holidays without pay
      4. Collective bargaining for holidays with pay
      5. Accommodation for working class visitors
      6. Holidays and the state - planning for workers’ needs after the Holidays with Pay Act
      7. Brits abroad
      Conclusion
      Bibliography
      Index

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