TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roberts,Kenneth
TI  - Leisure in contemporary society
SN  - 184593069X
AV  - GV14.45 .R63 2006
U1  - 306.4812 22
PY  - 2006///]
CY  - Wallingford, Oxon, U.K., Cambridge, MA
PB  - CABI Pub.
KW  - Leisure
KW  - Sociological aspects
KW  - Recreation
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; Leisure : past and present --; 2; The growth of leisure --; 3; Work and leisure --; 4; Gender --; 5; The life course --; 6; Lifestyles and identities --; 7; Consumption and consumerism --; 8; The transformation of leisure?
N2  - "This second edition is a complete rewrite of the first edition published in 1999. It is an introductory undergraduate text on leisure. It has a sociological perspective and discusses recent debates and research on topics such as post-modernity, consumer cultures and lifestyles. This book will be of significant interest to students and researchers in the sociology of leisure."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -