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Leisure and society : a comparative approach / Hilmi Ibrahim.

By: Ibrahim, Hilmi.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Dubuque, IA : Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 1991Description: xv, 277 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0697053741.Subject(s): Leisure -- Social aspects -- Cross-cultural studies | Leisure -- HistoryDDC classification: 306.4812
Contents:
Part one: Sociocultural bases of leisure -- Evolution, play and ritual -- On time -- Leisure, culture and nature -- Part two: Evolution of leisure -- "Primitive" society and ritualized leisure -- Class leisure and intermediate societies I -- Class leisure and intermediate societies II -- Part three: Mass leisure and modern societies -- Leisure in the third-world nations -- Leisure in eastern bloc nations -- Leisure in western European nations -- Leisure in Canada -- Leisure in the United States -- Part four: The shaping of leisure behavior -- The social context of leisure -- The physical context of leisure -- Concerns and constraints.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 306.4812 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00082569
Total holds: 0

Bibliography: (pages 261-269) and indexes.

Part one: Sociocultural bases of leisure -- Evolution, play and ritual -- On time -- Leisure, culture and nature -- Part two: Evolution of leisure -- "Primitive" society and ritualized leisure -- Class leisure and intermediate societies I -- Class leisure and intermediate societies II -- Part three: Mass leisure and modern societies -- Leisure in the third-world nations -- Leisure in eastern bloc nations -- Leisure in western European nations -- Leisure in Canada -- Leisure in the United States -- Part four: The shaping of leisure behavior -- The social context of leisure -- The physical context of leisure -- Concerns and constraints.