DE LOS ORÍGENES DE UN URBANISMO PARA EL OCIO A LA INVENCIÓN DEL VERANO: APROXIMACIÓN A UN ANÁLISIS DE LOS TIEMPOS DE OCIO DURANTE EL PROCESO DE INDUSTRIALIZACIÓN EN ELCHE, 1884-1906

Abstract

The industrialization process in Elche during the final years of the 19th century (1884-1906) implies the radical transformation of life forms and the emergence of the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. These social groups need new leisure modes: the City Council sponsors the creation of new urban recreational spaces, coffee shops, theaters proliferate. Summer has a new value because workers and owners move to the beaches of Santa Pola during the month of August. This is the practice that we understand as the “invention of summer”, a substantial category of the construction of contemporary society.