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xii, 268 p. 'The people's amusement': the growth in cinema-going and reading habits -- 'Fouling civilisation?: official attitudes towards popular film and literature -- Trade attitudes towards audience taste -- 'What made you put that rubbish on?': national trends in film popularity -- 'The appearance as an added incentive': national trends in literature popularity -- 'A very profitable enterprise': South Wales Miners' Institutes -- 'Gunmen, rustlers and a damsel in distress': working-class tastes in Derby -- 'The home of the brave"? working -class tastes in Portsmouth -- Popular film and literature: textual analyses -- Conclusion: 'giving the public what it wants'. Robert James. Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-256) and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. e-uk--- Working class Recreation Great Britain History 20th century Great Britain Civilization 20th century HD8390 .J35 2010eb 790.1/9 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10623391 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10623391 CaPaEBR 110329 ebr10623391