Leisure and Elite Formation

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.

The Editors:

Gabriele B. Clemens, Universität des Saarlandes

Dietlind Hüchtker, Universität Wien

Martin Kohlrausch, KU Leuven

Stephan Malinowski , University of Edinburgh

Malte Rolf, Universität Oldenburg

Im Zentrum der Reihe stehen Relevanz und Bedeutungswandel von Eliten in der europäischen Moderne. Sie thematisiert das Machtbeharren des Adels und untersucht zugleich die Entstehung neuer Elitenformationen im Kontext aufkommender Massenmedien und gesellschaftlicher Mobilisierung.

This volume investigates places where old and new elites came together, where these groups met and interacted but also where the rules and conventions for new elites were forged. The book focusses arenas of encounter and (self)representation belonging to the world of leisure and embraces also the organizations and associations which established and ran these spaces and events.