TY - BOOK AU - Urry, John TI - Consuming Places SN - 9780415113113 AV - HC79.C6U77 U1 - 306.3-- PY - 1995/// CY - USA PB - Routledge KW - Consumer practices. KW - HC10-1085 Social Sciences- Economic history and conditions KW - Tourism industry N2 - Urry begins with an extensive review of the connections between society, time and space. The concept of 'society', the nature of 'locality', the significance of 'economic restructuring', and the concept of the 'rural', are examined in relationship to place. The book then considers how places have been transformed by the development of service occupations and industries. Concepts of the service class and post-industrialism are theoretically and empirically discussed ER -