Century of the Leisured Masses

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Century of the Leisured Masses is written by David George Surdam and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0190211598 (ISBN 10) and 9780190211592 (ISBN 13).

American living standards improved rapidly during the twentieth-century. The rise of leisure, both in terms of time allotted and in terms of consumption of leisure goods and services, was astounding. When social critic Thorstein Veblen penned Theory of the Leisured Class, Americans were just beginning to enjoy more and better leisure. In Century of the Leisured Masses, David George Surdam explores the growing role played by leisure in the daily lives of Americans and what factors contributed to this change.