Notes on contributors -- 1. Introduction : process and context / Chris Rojek, Susan M. Shaw and A.J. Veal -- pt. 1. Origins -- 2. Leisure, culture and civilization ...

Americans receive 15 days off a year, on average—though many admit to taking fewer than that out of guilt. Still, the US remains the only advanced economy without required paid vacation days. Which is ...

Rachel was a Visiting Fellow for Heritage’s B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies and the Center for Education Policy. Leisure is an often misunderstood and overlooked measure of the vitality ...

Introduction: the view from fantasyland to main street, U.S.A. -- Inventing the frontier of leisure: Charles Fletcher Lummis and the creation of the "Great Southwest" -- The city of leisure: the ...

The past 18 months have brought new challenges as people have negotiated the new norms and restrictions of a global pandemic. Many of the things that brought people joy were no longer possible.