H Douglas Sessoms

Biographic Data

ID1661
NAMEH Douglas Sessoms
GIVEN NAMESH Douglas
FAMILY NAMESessoms
SIGNATURESESSOMS H D
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS19
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1963
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2000
H-INDEX3

  • The 1960s

    H Douglas SessomsARTICLEJournal of Leisure Research2000Cited by: 2

    KEYWORDS: The 1960sresearch agendaprofession evolution

  • Of Time, Work, and Leisure revisited

    H Douglas SessomsARTICLELeisure Sciences1986Cited by: 4

    This presidential address is an overview of the changes that have occurred in the study of leisure service since the publication of Sebastian de Grazia's Of Time, Work, and Leisure in 1962. Is leisure too broad a term to describe the field, the experience, and the movement? The conclusion is yes and is derived from extensive readings, personal experiences, and inductive thought

  • Research issues in park and recreation education

    H Douglas SessomsARTICLELeisure Sciences1984Cited by: 1

  • Municipal recreation services in North Carolina

    H Douglas Sessoms, James L KrugARTICLELeisure Sciences1977

    Based on data developed by a state recreation advisory agency, this research is a case study of public recreation and park services in selected North Carolina municipalities over a 24‐year period (1951–1974). Specific attention is given to sources of support, types of expenditures, salaries of executives and the relative growth of recreation/park services in relationship to other local government services and national patterns of inflation. The r…

  • NRPA Recreation and Park Perspective Collection. Program of the National Recreation and Parks Association, Washington, D.C

    H Douglas SessomsARTICLEAmerican Journal of Sociology1974

  • Recreation, Leisure and the Alcoholic

    H Douglas Sessoms, Sidney R OakleyARTICLEJournal of Leisure Research1969Cited by: 8

    The Curriculum in Recreation Administration of the University of North Carolina and the Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center (ARC) at Butner, N.C., jointly undertook an investigation of the leisure patterns of a select group of alcoholics.The purpose of the study was to determine the alcoholic's use of leisure time prior to his commitment to the center and its relationship to his drinking problem. For control purposes and for lack of better studies, c…

  • Work and Leisure. A Contemporary Social Problem

    H Douglas Sessoms, Erwin O SmigelARTICLESocial Forces1964

  • An Analysis of Selected Variables Affecting Outdoor Recreation Patterns

    H Douglas SessomsARTICLESocial Forces1963Cited by: 4

    n June 1958, the Congress of the United States created the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission. It clharge(d tllis group with the responsibility of compiling a national inventory of outdoor recreation facilities anid resources an(d of (leterminiing thie types, locations, and number of resoulrces needed by present and future generationis, particularly those of 1975 and 2000. To accomplish these tasks, the Commissioni employe(d a profess…