An Introduction to Leisure Studies

• Defining Leisure and Leisure StudiesStudying and Measuring LeisureTime, History and LeisureCaution - Children at PlayGrowing Up and Getting OutStaying in and Settling DownDivided Leisure: Leisure and Social ClassTurning PointsHome Alone: Demography and AgeingLeisure and the Future

There are textbooks galore, but there aren’t many crafted as intelligently as this one. This book will change the way that students understand leisure. It will give them an easier entry to that place where difficult ideas fuse into something intelligible, where real understanding sits and the educated imagination is stirred.