Today, many people take the idea of holidays for granted and regard
the provision of paid time off as a right. This book argues that
popular tourism has its roots in collective organisation and charts
the development of the working class holiday over two centuries.
Starting with the cult of St. Monday, the problem of absenteeism of
northern textile workers during Wakes Week, and ending with the
cheap foreign package holiday of the late twentieth century, this
study recounts how short, unpaid and often unauthorised periods of
leave from work became organised and legitimised through
legislation, culminating with the Holidays with Pay Act of 1938.
Moreover, this study finds that it was through collective activity
by workers - through savings clubs, friendly societies and union
activity - that the working class were originally able to take
holidays, and it was as a result of collective bargaining and
campaigning that paid holidays were eventually secured for all.
This fascinating study will be of use to students and scholars of
social history, travel and tourism and labour studies. -- .
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