Consuming places / / John Urry

• Autore: Urry John
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (266 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.3
• Soggetto topico: Consumption (Economics) - Social aspects; Consumer behavior; Tourism - Social aspects
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Consuming places
• ISBN: 1-134-82967-1; 0-203-20292-9; 1-280-35475-5; 0-203-29640-0; 1-134-82968-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808673303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: International library of sociology.