R I Kimball
Biographic Data
| ID | 5829994 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R I Kimball |
| GIVEN NAMES | R I |
| FAMILY NAME | Kimball |
| SIGNATURE | KIMBALL R I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brigham Young University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The March of Spare Time
The problem of leisure was not new in the Great Depression. Idle hands had long been the devil's workshop, but social scientists and recreation professionals faced an increasing burden as leisure time expanded due to economic dislocation and unemployment. Susan Currell's The March of Spare Time ably captures the dual nature of “rational” recreation in the 1930s. Academics, artists, and New Dealers all considered the enforced leisure of the depres…
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The March of Spare Time
The problem of leisure was not new in the Great Depression. Idle hands had long been the devil's workshop, but social scientists and recreation professionals faced an increasing burden as leisure time expanded due to economic dislocation and unemployment. Susan Currell's The March of Spare Time ably captures the dual nature of “rational” recreation in the 1930s. Academics, artists, and New Dealers all considered the enforced leisure of the depres…
Business (1 work) · Consumerism (1 work) · Depression (economics (1 work) · Economic growth (1 work) · Economics (1 work) · Law (1 work) · Law (1 work) · Leisure studies (1 work) · Leisure time (1 work) · Loneliness (1 work)