FTS: Leisure Quest: Reference Works

Covers topics related to aging in brief articles.

This two-volume set explores the concept of play in history and modern society in the United States and internationally. Its scope encompasses leisure and recreational activities of children and adults throughout the ages, from dice games in the Roman Empire to video games today.

Contains lengthy explorations of the leisure activities of various communities in the US as well as pursuits such as baseball, marathons, tourism, and concepts such as leisure class and television's impact on popular leisure.

This set provides up-to-date and scholarly discussions of topics in the field such as class and race, ethnicity, economic sociology, and social structure. Each article is written by a specialist and all have excellent bibliographies.

A compilation of social history, providing profiles of average families and primary sources organized chronologically. The first three volumes of this series cover the working class, middle class, and upper class. Further volumes focus on childrenk, women at work, social movements, immigration, and more.