Leisure and Recreation

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Histories of Leisure
by Rudy Koshar. 376 pgs.

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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.How have leisure regimes in Europe evolved since the eighteenth century? Why has leisure culture crystallized around particular practices, sites and objects? Above all, what sorts of connections and meanings have been inscribed in leisure practices, and how might these be compared across time and space? This book is the first to provide an historical overview of modern leisure in a wide range of manifestations: travel, entertainment, sports, fashion, 'taste' and much more. It will be essential reading for anyone wishing to know more about European history and culture or simply how people spent their free time before the age of television and the internet.

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Leisure, Consumption and Culture

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Preface and Acknowledgments

Contributors

1: Seeing, Traveling, and Consuming: an Introduction

Notes

Part I: Seeing

2: Museums: Leisure between State and Distinction

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3: The Circus and Nature in Late Georgian England

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4: Flâneurs in Paris and Berlin

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5: Crowd Control: Boxing Spectatorship and Social Order in Weimar Germany

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Part II: Traveling

6: Travels with Baedeker–the Guidebook and the Middle Classes in Victorian and Edwardian Britain

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7: Bicycling, Class, and the Politics of Leisure in Belle Epoque France

Acknowledgments

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8: Every German Visitor Has a Völkisch Obligation He Must Fulfill: Nationalist Tourism in the Austrian Empire, 1880-1918

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9: La Vieille F Rance as Object of Bourgeois Desire: T He T Ouring Club de France and the French Regions, 1890–1918

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10: I He Michelin Red Guides: Social Differentiation in Early– Twentieth– Century French Tourism

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11: Germans Atb the Wheel: Cars and Leisure Travel in Interwar Germany

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Part III: Consuming

12: Confessional Drinking: Catholic Workingmen's Clubs and Alcohol Consumption in Wilhelmine Germany

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13: As I Walked along the Bois de Boulogne: Subversive Performances and Masculine Pleasures in Fin-De-Siècle London

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14: Jewish Taste? Jews and the Aesthetics of Evereyday Life in Paris and Berlin, 1920–1942

Acknowledgments

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15: Leisure, Politics, and the Consumption of Tabacco in Britain since the Nineteenth Century

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16: Hollywood Glamour and Mass Consumption in Postwar Italy

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The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure
by Juliet B. Schor. 250 pgs.

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A publishing phenomenon--the subject of enormous media attention, lavish acclaim from reviewers, and extraordinary sales--this national bestseller explains why, contrary to all expectations, Americans are working harder than ever. Schor shows how labor supply, unemployment, and the addictive nature of consumption lead to longer and longer hours, and what we can do about it.

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Preface to The Paperback Edition

Preface

Chapter 1: The Overworked American

Chapter 2: Time Squeeze: the Extra Month of Work

Chapter 3: "A Life at Hard Labor": Capitalism and Working Hours

Chapter 4: Overwork in the Household

Chapter 5: The Insidious Cycle Of Work-And-Spend

Chapter 6: Exiting the Squirrel Cage

Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

Index
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Importance of Being Lazy: In Praise of Play, Leisure, and Vacations
by Al Gini. 184 pgs.

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The great American fantasy is about leisure: wooded getaways, Caribbean cruises, white-water rafting, the lights of Las Vegas.Yet one in four Americans does not take a vacation at all. We know how to work hard but not how to play.What we really need, argues Al Gini, is some time off. The Importance of Being Lazy takes us on family road trips, to Disneyland, on shopping sprees, on extreme sports adventures, and into the ultimate vacation - retirement - asking why we venerate vacations and why "doing nothing" is a fundamental human necessity.

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One: The Other Side of Leisure

Two: Leisure and Culture

Three: Vacations and Traveling

Four: Minivacations

Five: Shopping as Leisure and Play

Six: Sports and Play

Seven: The Ultimate Vacation

Epilogue Sabbath as Metaphor

Notes

About the Author

Index
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Leisure in America: A Social Inquiry (1960)
by Max Kaplan. 350 pgs.

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Preface

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Data, Methods, and Issues Of Leisure

1: An Age of Leisure

2: Leisure as a Social Relationship in Culture

Relations and Variables In Leisure

3: Leisure and Work

4: Leisure and Personality

5: Leisure and the Family

6: Leisure and Social Class

7: Leisure and Subcultures

8: Leisure and Community

9: Leisure and State

10: Leisure and Religion

11: Leisure and Value Systems

Types and Meanings Of Leisure

12: Sociability as Leisure

13: Association as Leisure

14: Games Aand Sport as Leisure

15: Art as Leisure

16: Movement as Leisure

17: Immobility as Leisure

Processes Of Leisure

18: Leisure and the Theory of Social Control

19: Personality and social roles in leisure

20: The Structure of Leisure

21: The modification of leisure experience

Evaluation and Implication Of Leisure

22: Creative Values and Prospects in the New Leisure

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Philosophy of Recreation and Leisure
by Jay B. Nash. 226 pgs.

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Preface

QUOTATION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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PHILOSOPHY OF RECREATION AND LEISURE

Chapter 1: CAN AMERICA BE TRUSTED WITH LEISURE?

Chapter 2: THE DANGER OF CHOICE

Chapter 3: CAN MAN LIVE IN THE WORLD HE HAS CREATED

Chapter 4: THE HAPPY PERSON SEEKS ADVENTURE

Chapter 5: THE ACTIVITY DRIVE

Chapter 6: MAN MUST BELONG

Chapter 7: MAN MUST WORK

Chapter 8: LEISURE--A HUMAN NEED

Chapter 9: MAN THE SPECTATOR

Chapter 10: MAN THE DESTROYER

Chapter 11: MAN THE CREATOR

Chapter 12: ABUSE OF REST

Chapter 13: THE SKILL-LEARNING YEARS

Chapter 14: RETIRE AND LIVE

Chapter 15: RECREATION: A WAY OF LIFE

Chapter 16: TO TRAVEL HOPEFULLY

EPILOGUE: WHAT IS EDUCATION?
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Sociology of Leisure: A Reader
by P. Bramham, C. Critcher, A. Tomlinson. 34 pgs.

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Part One:: Contemporary Trends

Further Reading

Part Two:: Leisure and Common Experiences

Further Reading

Part Three:: Leisure and Social Relations

Further Reading

Part Four:: Types of Leisure Provision

Further Reading

Part Five:: Theories and Prognostications

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Leisure and the Family Life Cycle
by Rhona Rapoport, Robert N. Rapoport. 386 pgs.

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Acknowledgment

1: Beyond Palpable Mass Demand

2: Young People and Leisure Identity Crystallisation

3: Young Adults Identification with Social Institutions

4: The Establishment Phase Life Investments

5: Life Styles for Later Years Personal and Social Integration

6: Leisure Provision Specialist Providers Cannot Do It All

7: Leisure the Individual, the Family and Society

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Index
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America Learns to Play: A History of Popular Recreation, 1607-1940
by Foster Rhea Dulles. 441 pgs.

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Preface

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Illustrations

Chapter I: In Detestation of Idleness

Chapter II: Husking-Bees and Tavern Sports

Chapter III: The Colonial Aristocracy

Chapter IV: The Frontier

Chapter V: A Changing Society

Chapter VI: The Theatre Comes of Age

Chapter VII: Mr. Barnum Shows the Way

Chapter VIII: The Beginning of Spectator Sports

Chapter IX: Mid-Century

Chapter X: Cow-Towns and Mining-Camps

Chapter XI: The Rise of Sports

Chapter XII: The New Order

Chapter XIII: Metropolis

Chapter XIV: World of Fashion

Chapter XV: Main Street

Chapter XVI: Farm and Countryside

Chapter XVII: The Growth of the Movies

Chapter XVIII: A Nation on Wheels

Chapter XIX: On the Air

Chapter XX: The Great American Band-Wagon

Chapter XXI: Sports for All

Chapter XXII: The New Leisure

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Notes

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Leisure and Socialization, in Social Forces
by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. 9 pgs.

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The Demand for Leisure Time in the Presence of Constrained Work Hours, in Economic Inquiry
by Peter M. Feather, W. Douglass Shaw. 11 pgs.

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American Regional Cultures and Differences in Leisure Time Activities, in Social Forces
by Peter V. Marsden, John Shelton Reed, Michael D. Kennedy, Kandi M. Stinson. 27 pgs.

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Leisure, Lifestyle, and the New Middle Class: A Case Study
by Derek Wynne. 172 pgs.

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In this valuable study, conducted within the theoretical context associated with the work of Pierre Bourdieu, Derek Wynne looks at how the 'new middle class' of the late twentieth century goes about constructing and defending its social identity.

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Preface

Acknowledgements

1: Introduction

2: Locating the New Middle Class

3: The Heath: Setting and Structure

4: The Social Space of Mobility

5: The Social Space of Lifestyles

6: The Social Space of Gender

7: The Clubhouse

8: Conclusion

Appendix

Bibliography

Index
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Routine Leisure Activities and Rates of Crime: A Macro-level Analysis, in Social Forces
by Steven F. Messner, Judith R. Blau. 18 pgs.

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Work-Leisure Relations: Leisure Orientation and the Meaning of Work, in Journal of Leisure Research
by Raphael Snir, Itzhak Harpaz. 26 pgs.

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Controversies and Contradictions in Family Leisure: An Analysis of Conflicting Paradigms, in Journal of Leisure Research
by Susan M. Shaw. 15 pgs.

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Dictionary of Concepts in Recreation and Leisure Studies
by Stephen L. J. Smith, Raymond G. McInnis. 376 pgs.

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"The obvious audience for this book is professionals, scholars, and students in the recreation field. However, many of these entries relate to other fields of interest. . . . [T]his work should find a place in academic libraries supporting curricula in recreation and related leisure studies." Reference Books Bulletin

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