Download or read book Leisure and Elite Formation written by Peter Heyrman and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book series focus on the relevance and changing meaning of elites in late modern European history. The series addresses the persistence in power of the nobility and looks at the emergence of new elite formations in the context of the rise of mass media and social mobilization.