| Description |
vi, 426 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Prentice-Hall series in recreation and leisure |
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Prentice-Hall series in recreation and leisure.
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| Contents |
Chapter 1: The world of leisure -- Chapter 2: Leisure, recreation, and play -- Part 1: Leisure history and philosophy -- Chapter 3: The Greek ideal and Roman reality -- Chapter 4: The sacred and the secular -- Chapter 5: Leisure in a new land -- Chapter 6: Industrial America and the rising city -- Part 2: Contemporary leisure: people and resources -- Chapter 7: Work and leisure -- Chapter 8: Leisure and the life course -- Chapter 9: Freedom and leisure learning -- Chapter 10: Sport as leisure -- Chapter 11: Leisure and education -- Chapter 12: Sex, sexuality, and leisure -- Chapter 13: Leisure subcultures -- Chapter 14: The new ecology of leisure -- Chapter 15: Leisure and the future -- Part 3: Leisure provisions and programs -- Chapter 16: Travel as leisure -- Chapter 17: Commercial recreation -- Chapter 18: Popular culture -- Chapter 19: Leisure and the arts -- Chapter 20: Public recreation: an overview -- Chapter 21: Outdoor recreation -- Chapter 22: Leisure for everyone |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Subject |
Leisure -- United States -- History.
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Leisure -- United States.
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| LC no. |
81004602 |
| ISBN |
013530055X |
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