Beata Kiersnowska is assistant lecturer at the Institute of English Studies at the University of Rzeszów. Her academic interests include leisure studies and sport, especially during the Victorian period.

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• Manchester – The first modern city of commerce and industry – Elite cultural and commercial leisure amenities – Rational and moral recreations as instruments of cultural hegemony – Family at leisure – Public parks, country walks and seaside trips – Manliness and muscularity – Sport in building communal identity and loyalty

Beata Kiersnowska is assistant lecturer at the Institute of English Studies at the University of Rzeszów. Her academic interests include leisure studies and sport, especially during the Victorian period.

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• Manchester – The first modern city of commerce and industry – Elite cultural and commercial leisure amenities – Rational and moral recreations as instruments of cultural hegemony – Family at leisure – Public parks, country walks and seaside trips – Manliness and muscularity – Sport in building communal identity and loyalty

Beata Kiersnowska is assistant lecturer at the Institute of English Studies at the University of Rzeszów. Her academic interests include leisure studies and sport, especially during the Victorian period.

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• Manchester – The first modern city of commerce and industry – Elite cultural and commercial leisure amenities – Rational and moral recreations as instruments of cultural hegemony – Family at leisure – Public parks, country walks and seaside trips – Manliness and muscularity – Sport in building communal identity and loyalty