Leisure, lifestyle, and the new middle class

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 373-392

  van Eijck, Koen ^a   Mommaas, Hans ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; EMPLOYMENT; LIFESTYLE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EID: 6344246277     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490400490502354     Document Type: Article

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