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Hobbies: Leisure and the Culture of Work in America

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2001

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PrefaceIntroduction: Context and TheorySection 1: Hobbies as a Category1: Occupations for Free TimeSection 2: Collecting2: The Collectible Object3: Collectors4: Constructing a Collector's Market5: Deconstructing a Collector's MarketSection 3: Handicrafts6: Crafts, by Tools, and Gender in the Nineteenth Century7: Expanding the Boundaries of Crafts8: Home Crafts in Hard Times9: Kits: Assembly as Craft10: Do-It-Yourself: Expected LeisureConclusionIndex