Amateurs, Professionals, and Serious Leisure.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Serious Leisure -- 2 Professionals -- 3 Amateurs -- 4 Publics -- 5 Careers -- 6 Costs and Rewards -- 7 In the Community -- 8 Serious Leisure in the Twenty-first Century -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- U -- V -- W.

For fifteen years, Robert Stebbins has conducted extensive research on amateurs and professionals in theatre, music, archaeology, astronomy, baseball, football, magic, and stand-up comedy. His publications are the only ones to give the theme of serious leisure such in-depth scholarly attention. In Amateurs, Professionals, and Serious Leisure, Stebbins brings together the findings of this research project to provide a theoretical framework that reveals the commonalities across these eight fields.

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