The dilemmas of work and leisure for women at the turn-of-the-century.
What did young, independent women do for fun and how did they pay their way into New York City's turn-of-the-century pleasure places? [This book] is a fascinating discussion of young working women whose meager wages often fell short of bare subsistence and rarely allowed for ent…
Part 1: Key Disciplines 1. Philosophy of Leisure - Alexander Sager 2. The Making of Modern Leisure: the British Experience from c1850-c 1960 - Dave Russell 3. Feminist Leisure Studies: Origins, Accomplishments and Prospects - Karla A. Henderson 4. Psychology of Leisure - Roger C…
This textbook combines comprehensive coverage of a wide variety of qualitative and quantitative research methods with in-depth step-by step guidance through research software including Excel, SPSS and NVivo.
The symposium brought together tourism, hospitality and leisure researchers from around the world to report research, share ideas, and advance consumer psychology and consumer behaviour theory in this important economic sector. In this sector, consumption is characterized by alm…
This book is the published outcome of the RES project (Niche markets for recreational and environmental services from multiple forest production systems) funded by the European Commission. The book discusses the project's leading ideas, basic assumptions, summary and recommendat…
"This book examines critical aspects of contemporary volunteerism, from the perspective of a variety of volunteering contexts. It will appeal to academic researchers and students in disciplines such as leisure, recreation, tourism, management and sociology as well as practitione…
South Beirut has recently become a vibrant leisure destination with a plethora of cafés and restaurants that cater to the young, fashionable, and pious. What effects have these establishments had on the moral norms, spatial practices, and urban experiences of this Lebanese commu…
This book provides an examination of the ecological impacts of recreational use on wildlands and the best management practices to employ in places where recreation and preservation of natural conditions are both important - and often conflicting - objectives. The book provides i…
María de San José Salazar (1548-1603) took the veil as a Discalced ("barefoot") Carmelite nun in 1571, becoming one of Teresa of Avila's most important collaborators in religious reform and serving as prioress of the Seville and Lisbon convents. Within the parameters of the stri…
