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1、OrganisedLeisurefortheWorkingClass–EuropeanPopularTravelandLeisureOrganisationsintheInterwarPeriodThispaperisratherpreliminary.TheresearchisfundedbyHandelsbankensforskningsstiftelser.PapertobepresentedattheEconomicHistorySocietyAnnualConference31March-2Ap
2、ril2006CarinaGråbackeSchoolofBusiness,EconomicsandLawatGothenburgUniversityDepartmentofEconomicHistoryP.O.Box720SE-40530GothenburgSWEDENE-mail:Carina.Grabacke@econhist.gu.seWhenIvanOhlsontravelledtoLondon,BrusselsandAmsterdamin1936,hewaswellawareoftheposs
3、ibilitiesthatlayahead.Inlettersthathewrotehometohiswife,hedidnothidehisexcitement:apopulartravelorganisationwouldgivehimthemissionthatheneeded,andatthesametimeprovidethelabourmovementinSwedenwithastrategyfortheupcomingholidayreform.LetterstoJudithOhlsonda
4、tedFebruary5,7and18(1936).Personalarchiveno.1537,ARAB.ThedrivingforcebehindRESO,theSwedishpopulartravelandleisureorganisationthatwasformedin1937,wasIvanOhlson.Itwashe,whichonhisowninitiativeasanemployeewithanunsurefuturewithinthelabourmovement,initiatedbo
5、ththestudytripaswellastheproposaltostartsuchanorganisation.IncreasedleisuretimeandpaidholidaystogetherwiththestrongtendencytoorganisesocialphenomenoncollectivelyformsthebackgroundtowhytravelandleisureorganisationswasformedinalmosteveryEuropeancountrydurin
6、gtheinterwarperiod.Initially,theywerefocusedontravelarrangements,butgraduallyastravelconditionsdetoriatedwhentheSecondWorldWardrewcloser,theirinterestturnedtowardsleisureactivitiesingeneral.Itisarguedthatthelogicbehindtheseorganisationscanbeexplainedbyanu
7、nderstandingofhowtheworkingclassineachcountrywasorganised.Moreover,theseorganisationscanbeunderstoodintermsofsomekindofpaternalisticconsensus-model,whichimpliedthattheleisuretimeofworkershadtobeorganized.Aswell,therewereoftengenuinelyentrepreneurialintere
8、stsbehindtheirformation.Theleisureindustryexpandedrapidly,creatingbusinesspossibilitiesatthesametimeasthelabourmovementsprovidedampleandorganisedmarketsfor“redentrepreneurs”.Inthedemocraticstates,thereformistlabourm
