272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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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',... Read more
1. Time and Space in the Consumptino of Place Part 1: Society and Space 2. Sociology as a Parasite: Some Vices and Virtues 3. The New Marxism of Collective Action: A Critical Analysis 4. Society, Space and Locality Part 2: Restructuring and Services 5. Restructuring the Rural 6. Capitalist Production, Scientific Management and the Service Class 7. Is Britain the First 'Post-Industrial Society'? Part 3: Consumption, Place and Identity 8. The Consumption of Tourism 9. Tourism, Travel and the Modern Subject 10. Reinterpreting Local Culture 11. Tourism, Europe and Identity Part 4: Consuming Nature 12. The Tourist Gaze and the Environment 13. The Making of the Lake District 14. Social Identity, Leisure and the Countryside
Biography
John Urry is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University, UK, where he is Director of the Centre for Mobilities Research. His recent books include Sociology Beyond Societies (Routledge, 2000), Global Complexity (Polity, 2003), Mobile Technologies of the City (with Mimi Sheller, Routledge, 2006) and Mobilities (Polity, 2007).
