A Cultural History of Leisure

Peter Borsay is Professor of History at Aberystwyth University, UK, a member of the advisory boards of Urban History and the Journal of Tourism History, and a committee member of the British Pre-Modern Towns Group. His books include The English Urban Renaissance (1989); The Image of Georgian Bath, 1700-2000: Towns, Heritage and History (2000); and A History of Leisure: The British Experience since 1500 (2006). He has co-edited Resorts and Ports: European Seaside Towns since 1700 (2011) and Leisure Cultures in Urban Europe, c. 1700-1870: A Transnational Perspective (2016). Jan Hein Furnée is Chair of European Cultural History at Radboud University, The Netherlands. He is the editor, together with Peter Borsay, of Leisure Cultures in Urban Europe, c. 1700-1870: A Transnational Perspective (2016) and the editor, together with Clé Lesger, of The Landscape of Consumption: Shopping Streets and Cultures in Western Europe, 1600-1900 (2014).

Volume 1: A Cultural History of Leisure in Antiquity
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Series Preface
Introduction, Jerry Toner
1.Ideas of Leisure, Thanassis Samaras
2.The Performing Arts and their Audiences, Hallie Marshall and Neil Bernstein
3.The Cerebral Arts and their Publics, Mantha Zarmakoupi
4.Sports and Games, Zinon Papakonstantinou
5.Holydays, Holidays, and Tourism, Jerry Toner
6.The World of Coviviality, Thomas O. Rover
7.The World of Goods, Ray Laurence
8.The World of Nature, Katharine T. von Stackelberg
9.Representations of Leisure, Mary Harlow
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Volume 2: A Cultural History of Leisure in the Medieval Age
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Series Preface
Introduction, Paul Milliman
1.Ideas of Leisure, Michael Conrad
2.The Performing Arts and their Audiences, Kyle A. Thomas
3.The Cerebral Arts and their Publics, Daniel E. O’Sullivan
4.Sports and Games, Robert Bubczyk
5.Holydays, Holidays, and Tourism, John M. Theilmann
6.The World of Coviviality, Sarah Gordon
7.The World of Goods, Bruno Blondé, Sam Geens, and Peter Stabel
8.The World of Nature, Abigail P. Dowling
9.Representations of Leisure, Malcolm Jones
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Volume 3: A Cultural History of Leisure in the Renaissance
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Series Preface
Introduction, Alessandro Arcangeli
1.Ideas of Leisure, Andreas Fischer
2.The Performing Arts and their Audiences, Jorge Morales
3.The Cerebral Arts and their Publics, Federico Barbierato and Paolo Bertelli
4.Sports and Games, Alessandro Arcangeli
5.Holydays, Holidays, and Tourism, Linnéa Rowlatt
6.The World of Coviviality, Allen Grieco
7.The World of Goods, Catherine Kovesi
8.The World of Nature, Pauline McKenzie Aucoin
9.Representations of Leisure, Bret L. Rothstein
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Volume 4: A Cultural History of Leisure in the Age of Enlightenment
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Series Preface
Introduction, Peter Borsay
1.Ideas of Leisure, Peter Borsay
2.The Performing Arts and their Audiences, Vanessa L. Rogers
3.The Cerebral Arts and their Publics, Mark Towsey
4.Sports and Games, Mike Huggins
5.Holydays, Holidays, and Tourism, Rachael Johnson
6.The World of Coviviality, Martyn Powell
7.The World of Goods, Jon Stobart
8.The World of Nature, Vaughn Scribner
9.Representations of Leisure, Peter Borsay and Rose McCormack
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Volume 5: A Cultural History of Leisure in the Age of Empire
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Series Preface
Introduction, Jan Hein Furnée
1.Ideas of Leisure, Robert Beck
2.The Performing Arts and their Audiences, Axel Körner
3.The Cerebral Arts and their Publics, Kate Hill
4.Sports and Games, Marjet Derks
5.Holydays, Holidays, and Tourism, Kevin J. James
6.The World of Coviviality, Shachar Pinsker
7.The World of Goods, Anneleen Arnout
8.The World of Nature, Charles-François Mathis
9.Representations of Leisure, Christiana Payne
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Volume 6: A Cultural History of Leisure in the Modern Age
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Series Preface
Introduction, Brett Bebber
1.Ideas of Leisure, Jeffrey Hill
2.The Performing Arts and their Audiences, Allison J. Abra
3.The Cerebral Arts and their Publics, Briley Rasmussen
4.Sports and Games, Philip Dine
5.Holydays, Holidays, and Tourism, Eric G. E. Zuelow
6.The World of Coviviality, Sarah Kenny
7.The World of Goods, David Surdom
8.The World of Nature, Alan Roe
9.Representations of Leisure, William Gleason
Notes
Bibliography
Index