Format:
1 online resource (279 pages)
ISBN:
9781849507417
Series Statement:
Tourism Social Science Ser. v.13
Content:
Presents the personal histories of some of the world's leading tourism geographers, many of whom pioneered the field. This book includes stories that reveal the diverse personalities, passions, and peculiarities behind the authors' choice of tourism as a specialization. It is also of interest to scholars outside the field of tourism geography.
Content:
Front cover -- The Discovery of Tourism -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- The making of this book -- Chapter 1. The Story of a Postcard -- Introduction -- Reflections -- I choose geography and its teaching -- I am lured by tourism -- I forge a ''doctrine,'' open to debate -- To cultivate physical and mental mobility -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2. Finding my Place: Journeys of a Tourism Geographer -- Introduction -- Reflections -- Serendipitous encounters -- Establishing my place in geography -- Building networks in tourism -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3. Why What is Where: Confessions of a Tourism Geographer -- Introduction -- Reflections -- Becoming a tourism geographer -- On being a tourism academic in geography -- Adrift in management -- Moving westwards---into the sunset -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4. The Life and Opinions of C. Michael Hall, Gent: A Shandy or Full Beerquest Volume the First -- 1.1 -- 1.2 -- 1.3 -- 1.4 -- 1.5 -- 1.6 -- 1.7 -- 1.8 -- 1.9 -- 1.10 -- 1.11 -- 1.12 -- 1.13 -- Chapter 5. Tourism Studies: My Journey of Discovery -- Turning point: a math class -- Longing to become a mathematician -- On the way to discovery: from math models to case studies -- The importance of fieldwork -- Field trip: 3,000 miles in US and Canada -- Getting research questions from practical work -- Change of orientation: from efficiency to equity -- The fun of doing research -- Chapter 6. A Long and Winding Road: Developing Tourism Geographies -- Introduction: starting the journey -- The road to cornwall -- Discovering the geography of tourism -- A bend in the road -- Emerging tourism geographies -- Beyond the geographical turn -- Conclusion: the road winds on -- Chapter 7. An Accidental Tourism Researcherquest People, Places, and Turning Points -- A cold dark evening in Cornwall in 1986.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781849507400
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781849507400
Language:
English
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