World Leisure Participation: Free Time in the Global Village

by Grant Cushman, Jiri Zuzanek

Overview

This unique reference source presents nationwide surveys on patterns of leisure participation conducted in the following thirteen countries: Australia, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Spain and the United States. Despite survey differences in scope, methodology, scale and timing, a comparison of the surveys indicates marked similarities in leisure participation in industrial societies in the 'global village.' Among the activities discussed are some of the world's leading recreational pursuits including, watching television, reading, socializing with friends and family, sports, traveling and visiting museums and art galleries. Also examined are the methodological problems of conducting national leisure participation surveys and their future prospects.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780851989754
Publisher:	CABI
Publication date:	07/01/1996
Series:	CABI Series
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.75(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Lincoln University

University of Technology, Sydney

University of Waterloo

Table of Contents

Preface

Editorial Reviews

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Bulletin of Entomological Research

This voluminous book..... reassembles and updates the Data Sheets on Quarantine Organisms, published earlier in the EPPO Bulletin....One can only regret that the illustrations produced in the original sheets were not kept here. However, their publication is said to be planned. That would be a useful complement to the book.”

“This is a substantial tome and a remarkable achievement....The size and cost of the book preclude the inclusion of illustrations....but its value would have been increased enormously had it been possible to provide them, perhaps in a separate volume.”

“There are neither illustrations nor distribution maps in this volume, but hope is given that they will follow....This collected information has been long needed.

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