Workers Culture in Imperial Germany represents an alternative approach to the study of workers' culture in Imperial Germany. It is also an historical analysis of the emergence of Germany's modern leisure industry. The central concern of the book is the emergence of a distinct workers' culture which provided a disparate and heterogeneous working class with a focus of identity in an alien and hostile society. Lynn Abrams focuses on the leisure activities enjoyed by workers in the major cities of Bochum and Dusseldorf. She provides coverage of a range of popular amusements and recreations on...