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Leisure Lifestyles

Leisure Lifestyles

Robert A. Stebbins

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Editorial:
Emerald Publishing Ltd
Año de edición:
2021
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Sociedad y cultura: general
ISBN:
9781801176019

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Acknowledging that the challenge facing social science is how to inject some order into the common-sense notion of leisure lifestyles, this book, written by a major player in the field of leisure, considers how to turn the study of both serious and casual leisure into a useful concept for guiding research.

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