AHSC 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cross-Country Skiing, Consumerism, United States
28 Jan 2015
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Extracted from other sources: biographies, art, diaries, discussion of leisure is the discussion of everyday, little exists on only leisure alone; we have to be creative in thinking about things this is much more likely to be found in non history book references. leisure history. Affluence: our way is to produce more: the rich are affluent in our culture, their way is to be satisfied with less: everyone is affluent, leisure history: where to start? in their culture, it is impossible to discuss leisure history in terms of every historical culture. Each has its own type of history with regard to leisure: when examining specific cultures, however, leisure historians generally point to ancient greece [or athens] as a benchmark society for discussing leisure, the ancient greeks" pursuits of leisure and the importance that they placed on leisure make greece the ideal place to start a discussion of the history of leisure, greece: glorious leisure, ancient greece [or athens]
