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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450526703321

Autore

Urry John

Titolo

Consuming places / / John Urry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995

ISBN

0-203-20292-9

1-280-35475-5

0-203-29640-0

1-134-82968-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Collana

International library of sociology

Disciplina

306.3

Soggetti

Consumption (Economics) - Social aspects

Consumer behavior

Tourism - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-248) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Preface; TIME AND SPACE IN THE CONSUMPTION OF PLACE; SOCIOLOGY AS A PARASITE: SOME VICES AND VIRTUES; THE NEW MARXISM OF COLLECTIVE ACTION: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS; SOCIETY, SPACE AND LOCALITY; RESTRUCTURING THE RURAL; CAPITALIST PRODUCTION, SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT AND THE SERVICE CLASS; IS BRITAIN THE FIRST 'POST-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY'?; THE CONSUMPTION OF TOURISM; TOURISM, TRAVEL AND THE MODERN SUBJECT; REINTERPRETING LOCAL CULTURE; TOURISM, EUROPE AND IDENTITY; THE TOURIST GAZE AND THE ENVIRONMENT; THE MAKING OF THE LAKE DISTRICT

SOCIAL IDENTITY, LEISURE AND THE COUNTRYSIDEBibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

John Urry has been discussing and writing on these and similar questions for the past fifteen years. In Consuming Places, he gathers together his most significant contributions. Urry begins with an extensive review of the connections between society, time and space. The concept of 'society', the nature of 'locality', the significance of 'economic restructuring', and the concept of the 'rural', are examined in



relationship to place. The book then considers how places have been transformed by the development of service occupations and industries. Concepts of the service class and pos