Leisure and Life through the Ages is a comprehensive account of eighteen
countries from Europe to record developments in the field of leisure from a
worldwide and comparative perspective. The coverage of the volume extends to
Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia,
Spain and Sweden. The book also has a summarising article on Europe in the
beginning which provides the basic general characteristics of leisure in Europe.
Yet it may as well be said that in spite of certain basic features of leisure in
Europe many of these countries are entertaining different practices and
characteristics. All