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UNINA9910811265603321 |
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Autore |
Holden Andrew |
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Titolo |
Tourism studies and the social sciences / / Andrew Holden |
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London ; ; New York, NY, : Routledge, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-44439-7 |
1-134-44440-0 |
1-280-24758-4 |
9786610247585 |
0-203-50239-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Tourism |
Tourism - Social aspects |
Social sciences |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-217) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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, |
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