Screen LibraryA handbook of leisure studies
A unique, international resource for Leisure Studies: in one volume the history, organization and central debates in the field of Leisure Studies are defined, providing a one-stop-shop for students and an agenda for future debate and research academics.
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230625181 |
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A unique, international resource for Leisure Studies: in one volume the history, organization and central debates in the field of Leisure Studies are defined, providing a one-stop-shop for students and an agenda for future debate and research academics. Review of the hardback edition '...essential not only because of its attempt to set an agenda for the area of study, but because of the wide ranging, high quality contributions, which can be used in their own right' - Geoff Nichols, Leisure Studies, 2007. |
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Ebook. Originally published in: 2006. |
| Carrier Form: | 592 p. |
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9781403902788 9780230625181 : 0230625185 : |
| CLC: | G77 |
| Contents: | Notes on Contributors Introduction: Process and Context-- C.Rojek, S.M.Shaw & A.J.Veal PART I: ORIGINS Leisure, Culture and Civilization-- C.Rojek Anthropology/Pre-History of Leisure-- G.Chick The History of Western Leisure-- B.K.Hunnicutt Non-Western Traditions: Leisure in India-- K.Bhattacharya PART II: KEY DISCIPLINES Sociology and Cultural Studies-- H.van der Poel Psychology and Social Psychology and the Study of Leisure-- R.C.Mannell, D.A.Kleiber & M.Staempfli Geographies of Leisure-- D.Crouch Economics of Leisure-- A.J.Veal The Duality of Leisure Policy-- F.Coalter PART III: AXIAL PRIN |