To Philosophize or Not to Philosophize: An Issue on Leisure Programming for Baby Boomers

SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-92

  Cochran, Lynda J ^a   Stoll, Sharon ^b   Karp, Grace Goc ^b   Beller, Jennifer ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Leisure; philosophy; programming; recreation; values

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956531504     PISSN: 1937156X     EISSN: 21624097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1937156X.2009.11949628     Document Type: Article

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