A Cultural History of Leisure presents historians, and scholars and students of related fields, with the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of leisure from ancient times to modernity. With six highly illustrated volumes covering 2500 years, this is the definitive reference work on the subject, comprising:
Volume 1: A Cultural History of Leisure in Antiquity (500BC-500AD)
Volume 2: A Cultural History of Leisure in the Medieval Age (500-1450)
Volume 3: A Cultural History of Leisure in the Renaissance (1450-1650)
Volume 4: A Cultural History of Leisure in the Age of Enlightenment (1650-1800)
Volume 5: A Cultural History of Leisure in the Age of Empire (1800-1920)
Volume 6: A Cultural History of Leisure in the Modern Age (1920-2000+)
Each volume adopts the same thematic structure, covering: the idea of leisure; the performing arts and their audiences; the cerebral arts and their publics; sports and games; holydays, holidays and tourism; the world of conviviality; the world of goods; the world of nature and representations of leisure, enabling readers to trace one theme throughout history, as well as gaining a thorough overview of each individual period.
The Cultural Histories Series
A Cultural History of Leisure is part of the Cultural Histories Series. Titles are available both as printed hardcover sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access (see bloomsburyculturalhistory.com).
A Cultural History of Leisure
Peter Borsay and Jan Hein Furnée
A comprehensive, thematic reference work covering the cultural history of leisure from antiquity through to the 21st century.Rights Sold
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Book Details
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication Date: 14-12-2023
Format: Hardback | 244x169 | pagesAbout the Editors
Peter Borsay is Professor of History at Aberystwyth University, UK, a member of the advisory boards of Urban History and the Journal of Tourism History, and a committee member of the British Pre-Modern Towns Group. His books include The English Urban Renaissance (1989); The Image of Georgian Bath, 1700-2000: Towns, Heritage and History (2000); and A History of Leisure: The British Experience since 1500 (2006). He has co-edited Resorts and Ports: European Seaside Towns since 1700 (2011) and Leisure Cultures in Urban Europe, c. 1700-1870: A Transnational Perspective (2016).
Jan Hein Furnée is Chair of European Cultural History at Radboud University, The Netherlands. He is the editor, together with Peter Borsay, of Leisure Cultures in Urban Europe, c. 1700-1870: A Transnational Perspective (2016) and the editor, together with Clé Lesger, of The Landscape of Consumption: Shopping Streets and Cultures in Western Europe, 1600-1900 (2014).
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