Title Australian leisure / Rob Lynch and A.J. Veal

Edition Third edition Published Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. : Pearson Longman, 2006

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MELB	306.48120994 Lyn/Ale 2006		AVAILABLE
MELB	306.48120994 Lyn/Ale 2006		AVAILABLE

Description xxvi, 494 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Contents 1. This Thing Called Leisure -- 2. History I: before 1788 -- 3. History II: from 1788 -- 4. Studying Leisure -- 5. Contemporary Patterns of Australian Leisure -- 6. The Leisure Providers -- 7. Leisure and Politics -- 8. At Home at Leisure -- 9. The Arts, Culture and Entertainment -- 10. Sport -- 11. Outdoor Recreation -- 12. Tourism -- 13. Leisure on the Margins of Conventional Morality -- 14. Leisure and Aboriginal Culture: from 1788 -- 15. Leisure and Health -- 16. Leisure and Gender -- 17. Leisure and Specific Population Groups -- 18. Working at Leisure -- 19. Leisure and the Future Summary Offers a comprehensive coverage and analysis of leisure studies and emphasises the diversity and scope of the field of study. Provides a sound theoretical framework for the study of leisure and its practical applications within modern society Notes Previous ed.: Pearson Education, 2001 Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages [452]-483 Subject Recreation -- Australia -- History. Recreation -- Social aspects -- Australia. Leisure -- Australia -- History. Leisure -- Social aspects -- Australia. Genre/Form History. Author Veal, Anthony James. LC no. 2006411924 ISBN 9780733974489 : 0733974481 :

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