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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450827603321

Autore

Holden Andrew <1960-, >

Titolo

Tourism studies and the social sciences / / Andrew Holden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-44440-0

1-280-24758-4

9786610247585

0-203-50239-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

306.4/819

Soggetti

Tourism

Tourism - Social aspects

Social sciences

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-217) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; BOXES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 A HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF TOURISM; 2 SOCIOLOGY AND TOURISM; 3 PSYCHOLOGY AND TOURISM; 4 ECONOMICS AND TOURISM; 5 POLITICAL ECONOMY AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; 6 ANTHROPOLOGY AND TOURISM; 7 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND TOURISM; 8 EMERGING THEMES OF TOURISM; CONCLUDING NOTE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Based upon a social science approach to understanding the significance of tourism in contemporary society, Andrew Holden's fascinating book highlights tourism as a multidisciplinary area of study with rich and varied theoretical underpinnings. Here, Holden introduces social science disciplines and applies relevant theories to the understanding of tourism. He investigates how the economic and political structures of society influence the manifestation of tourism at a global level, and subsequently considers a variety of topical issues including citizenship and social exclusion,