Water has become an urgent theme in anthropology as the worldwide need to provide
adequate supplies of clean water to all people becomes more challenging. Anthropologists …

This is a fully revised edition of the groundbreaking study on tourism, which was originally
published in 1990. The original chapters have been empirically updated and many new …

I am very grateful for the advice, encouragement and assistance of the following, especially
those who have provided me with tourist gems from around the world: Paul Bagguley, Nick …

Rob Shields, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University, Ottawa, the
founding editor of Space and Culture and on the Board of Theory, Culture and Society …

Not surprisingly, then, tourism in Boston does not stand far apart from the city's other
commercial, cultural and recreational activities; to a great extent then it is absorbed into the …

Around the world, intensifying development and human demands for fresh water are placing
unsustainable pressures on finite resources. Countries are waging war over transboundary …

The field of tourism history has been developing rapidly, especially since the 1980s. It is
important not only in its own right, but also as a contributor to wider understandings of issues …

This collection of essays presents develops the historical dimension to tourism studies
through thematic case studies. The editor's introduction argues for the importance of a closer …

It is 60 years since Karl Wittfogel highlighted a key relationship between political power and
the ownership and control of water. Subsequent studies have suggested, commensurately …

This volume provides the first comprehensive examination of travel guidebooks and their
conceptualisation, use and impact. Guidebooks have been key tourism paraphernalia for …