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Isobel Cosgrove & Richard Jackson
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Originally published in 1972, this book discusses changing attitudes to work and leisure and patterns of leisure activity, asking if recreation, as an economic activity, a distinctive spatial expression. It examines characteristics of spa towns and coastal resorts in the nineteenth century as well as provision of leisure amenities in urban and rural areas of contemporary Britain and the changing levels of demand for and supply of recreation in North America.

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Format PDF ● Pages 170 ● ISBN 9781317332398 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2015 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 4821137 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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