Contemporary tourism : diversity and change / Erik Cohen.
Contemporary tourism : diversity and change / Erik Cohen.
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Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2004.
Date
2004.
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N910/73
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English
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Physical content
x, 387 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Who is a tourist? A conceptual clarification -- 3. Toward a sociology of international tourism -- 4. Nomads from affluence : notes on the phenomenon of drifter-tourism -- 5. A phenomenology of tourist experiences -- 6. Tourism as play -- 7. Authenticity and commoditization in t...
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Publisher
Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2004.
Edition
1st ed.
Date Published
2004.
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Summary
"The volume brings together Erik Cohen's principal articles on the sociology of tourism, published over the last three decades. The book is of interest to researchers and students of tourism, as well as to the general public interested in issues of modernity and post-modernity."--BOOK JACKET.
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Contemporary tourism : diversity and change / Erik Cohen.
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Tourism social science series.
Collection of articles originally published in various journals between 1971-2001.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-371) and indexes.
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N910/73
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74VK2lOrg3p3
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ISBN
0080442447 (HB : alk. paper)
9780080442440 (HB : alk. paper)
DDC
910
MMS ID
991018194579702626
