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050 00 $aHC79.C6$bU77 1995
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100 1 $aUrry, John.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81011979
245 10 $aConsuming places /$cJohn Urry.
260 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c1995.
300 $avii, 257 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aInternational library of sociology
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 230-248) and index.
505 0 $a1. 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.
520 $aWhy do places differ from one another? Why do some places attract visitors and others investors? Why do some places repel? How are places consumed by those visiting? How does consumption affect local people and the environment?
520 8 $aJohn 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. He goes on to examine the concept of 'society', the nature of 'locality', the significance of 'economic restructuring', and the concept of the 'rural' in relationship to place.
520 8 $aThe book then considers how places have been transformed by the development of service occupations and industries. Concepts of the service class and post-industrialism are theoretically and empirically discussed. Attention is devoted to the ways in which places are consumed and particular attention is given to the visual character of such consumption and its implications for places and people. The implications for nature and the environment are also explored in depth.
520 8 $aFinally, the author explores the changing nature of consumption and the tensions between commodification and collective enthusiasms in the context of the changing ways in which the countryside is consumed. This wide-ranging book will be required reading for students and academics in sociology, geography, leisure studies, urban and regional studies and cultural studies.
650 0 $aConsumption (Economics)$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aConsumer behavior.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87006429
650 0 $aTourism$xSocial aspects.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008112808
830 0 $aInternational library of sociology.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n42004087
852 00 $bleh$hHC79.C6$iU77 1995