For Fun And Profit

The Transformation of Leisure into Consumption

Richard Butsch author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Temple University Press,U.S.

Published:19th Jun '90

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During the nineteenth century, leisure industries emerged to provide recreation and entertainment to Americans of all classes. Entertainment has become a multi-billion dollar industry. The essays collected here explore the transformation this wrought in leisure and analyze its effects on class relations in American society.Essays explore the transformation in leisure activity and its effects on class relations in American society

ISBN: 9780877227403

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288 pages