Working at play
a history of vacations in the United States
by Cindy Sondik Aron
In Working at Play, Aron offers the first full-length history of how Americans have vacationed - from eighteenth-century planters who summered in Newport to twentieth-century urban workers who headed for camps in the hills. In the early nineteenth century, Aron shows, vacations were taken for health more than for fun, as the wealthy traveled to watering places, seeking cures for everything from consumption to rheumatism.
But starting in the 1850s, the growth of a white-collar middle class and the expansion of railroads made vacationing a mainstream activity. Aron charts this growth with grace and insight, tracing the rise of new vacation spots as the nation and the middle class blossomed.
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Working at play: a history of vacations in the United States
1999, Oxford University Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-314) and index.
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