Century of the leisured masses : entertainment and the transformation of twentieth-century America / David George Surdam ; preface by Ken McCormick.

At the end of the 19th century, economist Thorstein Veblen wrote 'The Theory of the Leisure Class.' A century later, the economic conditions in America had changed beyond recognition. Improvements in agricultural productivity led to better nutrition and triggered improved productivity and...

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Main Author: Surdam, David G. (David George)
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Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.
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505 0 |a Definitions if leisure -- History and attitudes regarding leisure -- The economics of leisure -- Less work, more play, and the rise of leisure -- The rise of expenditures on leisure goods and services -- Patterns in leisure for the young and the old -- The interaction of leisure and public health -- The changing workplace -- The transformation of the domestic economy -- Commercialized leisure in the early 1900s -- Mass entertainment to the fore -- Improved infrastructure and leisure -- Government and leisure -- Antitrust issues and the leisure industries. 
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