Histories of Tourism - Representation, Identity and Conflict

Informationen zum Autor John K. Walton is Professor of Social History at the University of Central Lancashire, and founding president of the International Commission for the History of Travel and Tourism. He has published widely on British, Spanish and comparative history, with a special interest in the history of seaside resorts, tourism and regional identities. His books include The English Seaside Resort: A Social History, 1750-1914 (Leicester, 1983), Blackpool (Edinburgh, 1998); The British Seaside: holidays and Resorts in the Twentieth Century (Manchester, 2000); and (with Professor Gary Cross) The Playful Crowd (New York, forthcoming 2005). Klappentext This book develops the historical dimension to tourism studies through thematic case studies. Contributions explore the relationships between tourism, representations, environments and identities in settings ranging from the global to the local, from the Roman Empire to the twentieth century, and from Frinton to the 'Far East'. Zusammenfassung This book develops the historical dimension to tourism studies through thematic case studies. Contributions explore the relationships between tourism! representations! environments and identities in settings ranging from the global to the local! from the Roman Empire to the twentieth century! and from Frinton to the 'Far East'.

Product details

• Assisted by: John K Walton (Editor), John K. Walton (Editor)
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2005
• EAN: 9781845410315
• ISBN: 978-1-84541-031-5
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 211 mm x 14 mm
• Series: Tourism and Cultural Change; Tourism and Cultural Change
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Travel > Travel guides > World, Arctic, Antarctic