Consuming places /

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Author / Creator:Urry, John.
Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.
Description:vii, 257 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:International library of sociology.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1722223
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ISBN:0415113105 (hbk) : $55.00
0415113113 (pbk) : $15.95
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-248) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Time and Space in the Consumption of Place
  • 2. Sociology as a Parasite: Some Vices and Virtues
  • 3. The New Marxism of Collective Action: A Critical Analysis
  • 4. Society, Space and Locality
  • 5. Restructuring the Rural
  • 6. Capitalist Production, Scientific Management and the Service Class
  • 7. Is Britain the First 'Post-Industrial Society'?
  • 8. The Consumption of Tourism
  • 9. Tourism, Travel and the Modern Subject
  • 10. Reinterpreting Local Culture
  • 11. Tourism, Europe and Identity
  • 12. The Tourist Gaze and the Environment
  • 13. The Making of the Lake District
  • 14. Social Identity, Leisure and the Countryside.