Consuming places / John Urry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Urry, John.

Urry J Staff, Corporate Author.

Series:

International library of sociology.

International library of sociology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects.

Consumption (Economics).

Consumer behavior.

Tourism--Social aspects.

Tourism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

John Urry has been discussing and writing on these and similar questions for the past fifteen years. In Consuming Places, he gathers together his most significant contributions. Urry begins with an extensive review of the connections between society, time and space. The concept of 'society', the nature of 'locality', the significance of 'economic restructuring', and the concept of the 'rural', are examined in relationship to place. The book then considers how places have been transformed by the development of service occupations and industries. Concepts of the service class and pos

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Preface; TIME AND SPACE IN THE CONSUMPTION OF PLACE; SOCIOLOGY AS A PARASITE: SOME VICES AND VIRTUES; THE NEW MARXISM OF COLLECTIVE ACTION: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS; SOCIETY, SPACE AND LOCALITY; RESTRUCTURING THE RURAL; CAPITALIST PRODUCTION, SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT AND THE SERVICE CLASS; IS BRITAIN THE FIRST 'POST-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY'?; THE CONSUMPTION OF TOURISM; TOURISM, TRAVEL AND THE MODERN SUBJECT; REINTERPRETING LOCAL CULTURE; TOURISM, EUROPE AND IDENTITY; THE TOURIST GAZE AND THE ENVIRONMENT; THE MAKING OF THE LAKE DISTRICT

SOCIAL IDENTITY, LEISURE AND THE COUNTRYSIDEBibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-248) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-82967-1

0-203-20292-9

1-280-35475-5

0-203-29640-0

1-134-82968-X

9780203202920

OCLC:

252814561