Ways of Escape : Modern Transformation in Leisure and Travel
by Rojek, Chris
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0847678989
- ISBN 13
- 9780847678983
- Seller
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Plymouth, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Lanham MD: Rowman & Littlefield. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0847678989 . Slight wear; Dust Jacket slight wear. Crisp NEW hardcover. ; Ways of Escape provides a history of leisure and travel and a cartography of "escape activity". The author examines how pleasure has been managed from the middle ages to the present day, and examines the differences in leisure and travel opportunities for men and women. Rojek situates leisure and travel in the context of the debate on modernity and postmodernity, and uses examples drawn from Europe and North America to produce a dazzling analysis of the experience and ideology of escape in Western society.<p> Postmodern Social Futures series.; 251 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Mike's Library (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11519
- Title
- Ways of Escape : Modern Transformation in Leisure and Travel
- Author
- Rojek, Chris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First US Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0847678989
- ISBN 13
- 9780847678983
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Place of Publication
- Lanham MD
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- 0847678989, 0847678989, 0-8476-7898-9, Leisure, Travel, Modern Culture, Postmodernity, Postmodern Culture, NOT Ex-library, SCAN Available
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