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Century of the Leisured Masses: Entertainment and the Transformation of Twentieth-Century America
Surdam, David George (Associate Professor of Economics, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Northern Iowa)
Century of the Leisured Masses: Entertainment and the Transformation of Twentieth-Century America
Surdam, David George (Associate Professor of Economics, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Northern Iowa)
American living standards improved rapidly during the twentieth-century. The rise of leisure, both in terms of time allotted and in terms of consumption of leisure goods and services, was astounding. When social critic Thorstein Veblen penned Theory of the Leisured Class, Americans were just beginning to enjoy more and better leisure.
336 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | February 19, 2015 |
ISBN13 | 9780190211578 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
Pages | 336 |
Dimensions | 157 × 236 × 22 mm · 436 g |
Language | English |