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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817801403321

Titolo

Histories of leisure / / edited by Rudy Koshar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Berg, , 2002

ISBN

1-280-54834-7

9786610548347

1-84520-544-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 365 pages)

Collana

Leisure, consumption, and culture

Altri autori (Persone)

KosharRudy

Disciplina

306.4/812

Soggetti

Leisure - Social aspects - Europe - History - 19th century

Leisure - Social aspects - Europe - History - 20th century

Consumption (Economics) - Europe - History

Europe Social life and customs

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Seeing -- pt. 2. Traveling -- pt. 3. Consuming.

Sommario/riassunto

In the wake of the American and French revolutions, European culture saw the evolution of a new leisure regime never previously enjoyed.  Now we speak of modern leisure societies, but the history of leisure, its experiences and expectations, its scope and variability, still remains largely a matter of conjecture. One message that has emerged from a multiplicity of disciplines is that research on leisure and consumption opens up a hitherto untapped mine of information on the broader issues of politics, society, culture and economics.